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Cast Iron Coffin (Free verse) by D. $ Fontera
Donald Daniel Damian Drake
Fell off his horse into a lake
His chance at life was very slim
For the horse knew more on how to swim
Not all hope had yet been squandered
As through the woods a hunter wandered
His name was Peter, Prince of Pearls
A well known love of the country girls
And while he dragged his dogs along
Peter paused to sing this song
(Song ommited for purposes of artistic license
And Peter, Prince of Pearls would like to reiterate
that he is in no way responsible for the actions taken
by any person(s) attempting to imitate his lifestyle)
Just now the trees had reached their end
The dogs grew restless near the bend
And suddenly a screech arose
That made the Prince leap on his toes
He unholstered the mighty gun
Bestowed upon his fathers son
A thing of silver, gold and spirit
Who beheld have learned to fear it
Screams grew louder and so it seemed
Pete had landed in a dream
In all his years he'd never wished
To come across a human fish
But there before his hawk-like eyes
Squirmed a boy of sure demise
So the hunter threw his arm down
And pulled out his bobble-head clown
Oh how odd, the reader now thinks
This piece was good, but that clown stinks
Okay I'll change this whole charade
That Prince stayed cool like lemonade
He reached into his sack of things
And then produced some lengthy strings
As Drake went under, Pete dove in
They surfaced both with frozen skin
Unconsiously the latter lay
Our hero took him fast away
Off into the woods they raced
Donald limp and blue of face
At last the trees drew thin and few
A house emerged of copper hue
This airtight cabin showed no door
But near the top the sign gave more
"Welcome to the Cast Iron Coffin"
"Home of lust, please visit often"
Just that moment the kid awoke
And Peter, Prince of Pearls now spoke
Place of sin and love now hear me
This is your man, produce the key
As soon as said a door appeared
And from inside came sounds so weird
A giggle here, a giggle there
Drake looked on, he could only stare
Helped up by Pete, his heart unfurled
Donald rose to meet the girls
(The following passage has been deemed too lewd to be shown to the
public, and therefore the censory board would like to ask its author to
omit said passage under penalty of a $100 dollar fine or up to three
weeks in company of one Roseanne Barr. The censory board would like to
thank the author for his cooperation and understand that this venture
was purely artistic. However, we do frown upon anything that threatens
the wholesomeness or P.C reputation of this wonderful community. Thank
you.)
And so our story too soon ends
But we will surely meet again
Donald Daniel Damian Drake
Now bids farewell, for Peter's sake
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Arithmetic Mean: 6.857143
Weighted score: 5.4994626
Overall Rank: 2736
Posted: August 6, 2004 9:15 PM PDT; Last modified: October 8, 2004 11:39 AM PDT
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