Domesticated Poetry

[Leanne]

The cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen
are frantic in their following of bliss
with tools in hand, they seek the petty men

and women, who have such a nasty yen
for spelling things correctly and dismiss
the cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen.

They venture forth, spewed out of darkened den
and fortified by mummy's special kiss
with tools in hand, they seek the petty men

who might have mentioned cliché once, and then
said “hackneyed” or “pathetic”; hear them hiss,
the cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen.

Their talents are beyond a critic's ken;
how dare he, smelling crap, then take the piss?
The cattle, spurning ploughs, who take the pen
they pet the tools in hand while seeking men.

[abu nuwas]

Crikey! I should never have the patience for this stuff! They could have used your talents at Bletchley Park---or, perhaps, more urgently, in the Reich when they were designing their Enigma machine. Three clappies !

[billy]

nice form

i have myself, been described as bull

[Erthona]

A nasty yen for Barbie's Ken
a bull-a-nella on the bounty,
and whiplashes hard to win,
and get to end, inside a Mountie!

[Leanne]

I've heard Barbie's Ken isn't mountable at all, just smooth plastic

Just playing around, folks, I've no excuse.

[Erthona]

That went over like a lead Dudley!
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He is, if you use stick pins. Sometimes it helps to soften him up with a lighter first. Put the heat to him and he will be putty in your hands...or at least melted plastic!