Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Wanted To Do This So There

Dedicated to Lewis Carroll with profound apologies...

‘Twas snippid, and the badger-neers
   Did twark and twistle in the shed:
All flummid were the Roth’s bright tears
   For ne’er a pizza he’d been fed.

“Beware the JobberWork, my son!
   The joy alost, the time backsnatched!
Beware the brownbag meeting! Shun
   The overtime not paid but catched!”

With veppid calm he took a nap
   Long time his greltide foe avoided --
But when it came with tax and crap
   He shook awake and felt annoyded.

It towered tall, it roared and slank
   The JobberWork, with eyes aflame
Perused the contents of his bank,
   And foolish tried to find his shame!

Spurred not by spectacle, Roth sighed
   His sleepied heart went slacker-slack!
The JobberWork it cried and died
   And ne’er galumphed nor ached his back.

“What?! Hast thou slain the JobberWork?
   This won’t end well, you lazy lout!”
But, confident and sparely irked
   Roth, trumbling now, did order out.

‘Twas snippid, and the badger-neers
   Did twark and twistle in the shed:
All vanished were the Roth’s old tears
   For now a pizza he’d been fed.



Indigo

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23 comments:

  1. Pearl08/05/2013, 18:23

    Indigo, you delightful freak. :-)

    Genius.

    Pearl

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    1. Indigo Roth08/05/2013, 19:07

      Thankee Pearl! You are, without a doubt, my favourite insulter. Indigo x

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  2. Yamini MacLean08/05/2013, 18:33

    Hari OM
    mmmm peeeezzzzzzaaaaa.... Have been know to scrabble under fridges and wardrobes for pennies enough to order out. Forget about bank balances.

    You look like the cat that got the cream! YAM xx

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    1. Indigo Roth08/05/2013, 19:09

      Namaste Yam! Lewis Carroll may sue from beyond the grave for my mauling of "Jabberwocky", but there it is. I stand proud, slacking for all my worth. Indigo x

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  3. Jack Sparrow08/05/2013, 18:34

    Fantastic poetry, you amazing Roth man. x

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    1. Indigo Roth08/05/2013, 19:10

      Thanks Jack! I knew a man of the sea would appreciate such rhyme and meter! Indigo

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  4. Eolist Petite08/05/2013, 20:01

    hello, this is dominos; may i take your order?

    =)

    i do love the way you think...


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  5. Jayne Martin08/05/2013, 23:31

    Alls welleth that doth endeth in pizza. You're silly. I like that in a person. :)

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    1. Indigo Roth09/05/2013, 02:15

      Well bless you Jayne, I'm flattered as hell by that =) Indigo x

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  6. jenny_o09/05/2013, 07:04

    "Annoyded": the opposite of what I felt, during and after reading this :)

    I believe Mr. Carroll would approve; he might even trumble! (Just guessing, by way of the context, you understand) A wonderful take-off on a great poem.

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    1. Indigo Roth09/05/2013, 12:39

      Hey Jenn! It's little more than a pastiche, but thank you. Your guess was valiant, but astray; I'm trumbling again now, but will resolve it with some breakfast. Okay, SECOND breakfast; at 6'5", I am the world's tallest hobbit. Indigo x

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    2. jenny_o09/05/2013, 18:02

      Oops - thought it implied "pleased" ... Should have been looking at the construction, not only the context, obviously :)

      As to your being shortness-challenged, you are only as tall as you feel. Or as short as you feel. I do believe that. (I might possibly be Eolist's long-lost twin, height-wise, just saying)

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    3. Indigo Roth09/05/2013, 18:15

      Hey Jenn! Yours made just as much sense as mine, and is just as accurate. But of course, as Carroll would have it:

      "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

      So there. Again. Roth x

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    4. jenny_o10/05/2013, 01:51

      Ha ha ha! Excellent!

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  7. Blissed-Out Grandma09/05/2013, 23:11

    I especially love the title. As if you needed to explain!

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    1. Indigo Roth10/05/2013, 01:07

      Hi Nancy! No idea why I used that, but sometimes it doesn't pay to stop and think too closely about artistic decisions. Glad you enjoyed! Indigo x

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  8. meleah rebeccah11/05/2013, 21:03

    I absolutely LOVE this Indigo! You're so talented. I couldn't write a poem to save my life!

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    1. Indigo Roth12/05/2013, 00:07

      Hey Mia! Well, you just said a special thing; thank you. But Lewis Carroll can shoulder most of the blame on this one. Still, thank you! Indigo x

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  9. Paula Wooters12/05/2013, 12:24

    Work without pizza? Impossible! Good thing you satisfied your hunger.... for now. (And since I'm late getting to this party, I suppose you're already wondering when the NEXT pizza will arrive.)

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    1. Indigo Roth14/05/2013, 20:52

      Hey BoomBoom! I feel I'm a vampire of late. I sleep all day, and the hunger never ends. Speed-dial is poised. Indigo x

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  10. Kato Pandorah's Box21/05/2013, 23:11

    Haha! Annoyded :P

    This brings me back to studying Lewis Carroll in high school...such a strange, wonderful imagination....like yours!!!

    xoxo

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    1. Indigo Roth22/05/2013, 12:12

      Hey Kato! You're far too kind. It's a cheap pastiche, but I'm glad you liked it =) I shall next tackle a parody of The Odyssey or The Iliad! Watch this space ;) Indigo x

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