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Sonnet № 24859

Surreal...

Member since 2002 · Posted 12 Nov 2002 · 14 comments

Shall I compare thee to a vacuum cleaner? Thou art more viscous and more ergonomically designed. Rough monkeys do bend the branches of my rubber-plants, And summer's eyes hath all got conjunctivitis. Sometime too often the pigeon of Bristol melts, And often is his moth-eaten toupe unkempt; And every fair from fair sometime excretes, By chance or momma's changing bowels unchained; But thy eternal hangover shall not fade Nor lose possession of that monkey thou stole; Nor shall Fulham FC brag thou scored in their history, When in Coke bottles to drink thou dry: So long as elephants can remember or stamp on mice, So long I write, and this gives me a headache.

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14 comments

[7] god'swife 13-Nov-02/1:50 AM Reply
You made me laugh. Especially 'So long as elephants...' Use your brains for something I prefer, like and ode to depleted uranium. Thank you in advance.
[n/a] Yardbird › god'swife 13-Nov-02/2:26 AM Reply
Cheers! Did you spot what this is based on? Oh, and I check out my latest submission - I hope it passes muster!!!!!!!!
[7] cleverdevice 13-Nov-02/2:40 AM Reply
An excellent sonnet. Just like the great bards, 'tis indecipherable and incomprehensable. Well done.
[n/a] Yardbird › cleverdevice 13-Nov-02/2:40 AM Reply
It's all good...
[10] razorgrin 13-Nov-02/6:41 AM Reply
delightful. reminds me a bit of "sexxodus", which is on this site. I really enjoy this. cupcakes all around.
[8] <~> 13-Nov-02/7:44 AM Reply
very funny. i don't like monkeys, but i like this parody.
[n/a] Yardbird › <~> 25-Nov-02/2:01 AM Reply
I don't like monkeys either. They smell.
[8] Nicholas Monson 4-Dec-02/4:03 AM Reply
This is very funny. You started to lose me though towards the end. And I live only half a mile from Fulham FC of which you spoke. What would our friends in the US make of your refenrences? It should be read by Richard E Grant in the manner of his brilliant performance in Withnail and I
[7] nentwined › Nicholas Monson 17-Dec-02/11:48 AM Reply
well, I for one just glazed over the Fulham FC bit. "whatever" :)
[n/a] ==Doylum › nentwined 17-Dec-02/1:25 PM Reply
don't worry even people who actually take an interest in futbar glaze over when fulham play
[7] nentwined 17-Dec-02/11:47 AM Reply
good surreal, but no rhyming?
[5] smlink84 16-Jan-03/9:25 PM Reply
Wow, What are you?
[9] Bachus 14-Aug-03/9:29 PM Reply
Bitchin' dude. 9, but only because it was not a sonnet.
[8] Shuushin 5-Oct-06/4:20 AM Reply
insane. Funny.