I don't like it when poems are long
When poems are long and keep going
on and on
I don't like it when poems are long
because my brain begins to think of a song
and then a hippopotamus twirling and whirling around
When poems keep going on and on
my mind cannot stand another stanza
and then the lion pops into my head
The lion that tells me this is gonna be long
that this poem is as vast as the sea
and nor you or I will be able to flee
I don't like it when poems are long
unless of course they are written into a song
will hippopotamuses dancing
Unless that poem is intriguing
with life and color and passion
with feeling and being and desire
excuse me?
But I do not like it when poems are long
unless they are good and they are strong
Jan 16, 2014
Jan 16, 2014 at 10:18 PM UTC
I don't like it when poems are long
When poems are long and keep going
on and on
I don't like it when poems are long
because my brain begins to think of a song
and then a hippopotamus twirling and whirling around
When poems keep going on and on
my mind cannot stand another stanza
and then the lion pops into my head
The lion that tells me this is gonna be long
that this poem is as vast as the sea
and nor you or I will be able to flee
I don't like it when poems are long
unless of course they are written into a song
will hippopotamuses dancing
Unless that poem is intriguing
with life and color and passion
with feeling and being and desire
excuse me?
But I do not like it when poems are long
unless they are good and they are strong
