poemranker ::A Mod Proposal (of Modest Proportions) by coolassbob

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Free verse № 61575

A Mod Proposal (of Modest Proportions)

Member since 2003 · Posted 20 Aug 2003 · 4 comments

Dylan Thomas used a socket wrench to ratchet Dublin's fellows' stockings above their knee. For, according to his calendar, the age of copper was coming, and so the shins must be protected. (For extreme protection, it was advised that one stand on a chair and eat acorns from New England pine trees). A year passed, and instead it was the age of glass, where forks were blown, and used to eat potatoes (so that the sacks could be worn over the torso, with a fashionable piece of string, as was the style at the time).

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[7] <{Baba^Yaga}> 20-Aug-03/10:40 PM Reply
I really liked this up until its taudry end.
[7] richa 21-Aug-03/5:17 AM Reply
quite a packed poem here
not sure about the parentheticals though
[n/a] <~> 21-Aug-03/7:24 AM Reply
funny. but i dinna see a proposal herein.
[9] horus8 2-Jun-04/1:22 PM Reply
Shrapnel