a darwinist named dan was left without a plan when a creationist named coralie rejected his paleolithic plea to make him the happiest man
i dreamed i saw appolonius of tyana sitting on a park bench peeling a banana as i tremblingly asked him the meaning of life he cut it in slices with a boy scout knife and wrapped it in a red bandana
if eusebius came back to earth and saw the new cosmos giving birth would he still be liable to write the bible or would the effort not be worth?
a neanderthal named number nine pondered the legacy of einstein he couldn't get the hang of the big bang so he tipped back a jug of wine
harold smith couldn't say hello without mentioning his love for annette funicello he recalled her so often that nothing could soften the boredom his fellows felt for the fellow
a psychoanalyst named rudd thought all his patients were his buds he declined to charge them fees but only asked them please to join him in slurping some suds
a secretary named sue to her boss was loyal and true when he laid her off she coughed one cough and dropped one tear on her shoe
an orangutan named otto drank some booze and got blotto he fell asleep and dreamed he was picking flowers by a stream by our lady of primates' grotto
a yeti named youngblood was walking in the mud he heard helicopter blades so he quickly moved to the shade he thought civilization was a dud
a limericist named lou had nothing better to do than search all cultures and climes for possible triple rhymes and never looked at the sky of blue
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2 comments:
I like this a lot. I think you are having a larger kind of characters (darwin the yeddi, and more)
and that you are also bring in up philosophy to the poems, for reader to think of.
My favourite part
"an orangutan named otto
drank some booze and got blotto"
Thanks my friends
Timmy,
Yes, triple rhymes are as tough to find as four leaf clovers.
But Tyana/banana/bandana is a pretty good one.
(Interesting how the search for elusive rhymes leads one to surprising images...)
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