Saturday, May 23, 2009

Suffer the Little Children

I am compelled to devote another post to poetry given that the last one, despite my hymn of praise to Miss Dolly Parton, produced a non-existent response from all but the most ardent poetastic adepts.

It can't be helped I suppose: most of us are brought up reading the back of the Kellogg Cornflakes packet as the clock hurries us and the egg timer clicks away our tomorrows. I could draw attention to Byron's proto rock star tendencies or Burns' shag 'n' tell propensities, but it wouldn't make any difference.

I quite like: this

I can't quite bring myself to post the video (embedding disabled by request) as nobody would watch it. And quite right too.

3 comments:

  1. I quite enjoyed your last post...I just didn't have anything to add.

    Back to this post...

    Hoor. Rhymes with moor.

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  2. And ennui rhymes with pee.

    Gratifyingly.

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  3. I simply can't read that without a shudder.
    I remember the horrifying details coming out at the trial - around the same time as we won the World Cup.

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