of a lengthy discourse
he did verily imbibe
twas truly a prolonged
kind of scribe

a succinct version
he could have easily writ  
to convey the meaningfulness
of the message he wanted to knit

ever did the wordage
keep on continually rolling
there twas little or no break
from the tiring scrolling

on and on
and well beyond
oh how he delighted in holding us
with his infinite bond

some pruning and trimming
twas needed on his expansive stanzas
as the dashed things
were growing like ivy bonanzas

nowt did stop him
he pursued an exhausting trail
without reigning in its
million mile grail

the reading journey he took us on
did stretch out
of that there is most certainly
no doubt

his next installment
twill be another extended sound byte
one which will linger
unto the late hours of night

one awaits to sight and marvel
with much anticipation
at him displaying
his protracted dissertation