It’s often of a christmas time When words will dance to relish rhyme To tell the story of demander Sharp of dress – the proper gander
His monocle peers down at you An eye for flight and finesse too He flutters out about your heart You want him but he’s so apart
Put your treasures at his Tod’s His feathers flutter and he nods But you’re so crass, so undefined Your love for him is leagues behind
While you chase with mollycoddles He’s dancing with the supermodels A candle dinner, just for two He’s sharing with Chanel, not you
Leave him be, for the common we Are odious to one like he The proper gander often finds He’s chased for love by lesser minds
He once brushed his Boglioli And told me that for Christmas Cindy Would meet him neath the mistletoe I should not call him, hard I know
So let this poem serve as warning Do not follow your heart’s calling When you see the great demander Sharp of dress – the proper gander
And now that you are out the way I’ll wait until that special day For within the wrapping and the ribbon I’m hiding ‘till I’m duly given
The postie will deliver me To his doorstep and we’ll see I’ll burst forth from the wrapping paper For Christmas we will be together
He’ll choose me over other women He’ll show a side he still has hidden The other girls may chase romance But faced with me they have no chance
For my ship has one commander My love’s the world, he’s Alexander Without him life would be much blander How I want the proper gander.
A poem I once wrote in class because I was that bored. I lost the original, so wrote it again, trying to keep faithful to my original dreamy thoughts. The Proper Gander, literally a goose. I thought I would share it with you guys to hopefully make some of you laugh. Inspired by Edward Monkton.