Pei's glass museum
Is a shimmering pretty
Paris diamond.
Paris, ... diamond -
A night she'll never forget,
the night he proposed.
The night he proposed,
Rose was feeling rather sick
And she turned him down.
And she turned him down
which really hurt, because he
doesn't bend that way!
Can't you feel his pain?
"He's really stiff, isn't he?"
She thought to herself.
She thought to herself,
"it's a long way to tip a
rare emu over."
Rare emu over
easy is how he wants it
prepared, just that way.
Prepared just that way,
emu tartare is a taste
treat for antelopes.
Treat for antelopes
Yes, the cool days of autumn
Make them so frisky
Make them so frisky
by giving them whiskey in
their mashed peas and beans.
Their mashed peas and beans
Such an appetizing treat!
Can you give me some?
Can you give me some
Candy, chocolate truffles?
Liquor is quicker.
Liquor is quicker
than water to cause some folks
to walk a lurch'd path.
To walk a lurch'd path
Is to stagger and stumble
Just like Stagger Lee.
Just like Stagger Lee
We swig and we mumble
Reluctantly pass it along
5 - 7 - 5, for the sound-syllables, theolady...
Reluctantly pass,
I said as I turned to go.
No more ice for me.
<This always reminds me of Cav's Tanka thread. I think that was built on something like 5-7-7-5-5 - it took me pages and pages to catch on, but it was an enjoyable thread, despite me. We ought to resurrect it one of these days, for more confusion.>
No more ice for me
The swelling has subsided
But look at that bruise!
But look at that bruise
Back when you fought, did you lose?
What does he look like?
