Albert Camus Kept an Emu Tied to a potted, Portable wisteria To keep him company Whilst he kept goal For the University of Algeria.
As Albert was fishing The ball out From the back of the net The Emu mused On the conversations they'd had About The Oprah Winfrey Show, The significance of suffragettes, Adam Smith's Wealth Of Nations And the ****** orientation Of Sir Galahad.
Whilst discussing the plots of The Plague and The Outsider Warm feelings would suddenly Well up inside her.
Why should such intellect Elicit so much love And even more pain? My thoughts for this man Aren't getting any vaguer.
Then Utrecht University Scored again.
There are no happy endings With Albert Camus - Decades later he dies In his publisher's Facel Vega.
When she heard of Albert's demise Her initial reaction Was hysteria And it comes as no surprise That a few weeks later She died of diphtheria
Which is so much easier to do When you're an existential emu.
Humour nonsense verse bizarre random surreal fantastical Albert Camus Emu football goalkeeper existential The Plague The Outsider