Goat v. Lamb Civil Poetry War the Conclusion

Another Introduction

As hoped for, my brilliant post yesterday brought an end to the Goat v. Lamb War. But, not wholly unforeseen, both sides have aimed their antipathy at me.

But being the leader of the realm, I have the personal fortitude and liquor cabinet to withstand obloquy.

So, in the name of see-through-it-ness (I hate the corporate term for that), I stiff upper-lipply present the last two poems on this subject by the formerly warring sides. No one has said so, but I think the kids have gotten a bit bored and are ready to move on toward further vexations. So, I’m going to consider these poems by both sides a peace settlement and move the liquor cabinet closer to my desk.

Leila

“A Hoggishly Hog Pen for the Penname!” by Dame Daisy

i

The barnyard is calm tonight

But the Pen is full of smite!

She insults the Ruminant creed

With a fable of dubiously dubious breed

ii

I say Lambs we should end our fight

And take up against the Pennish fright

She who disparages the Daisy and Sheep

Is the ultimate creeply creep!

“Us Too” by the Lambs

i

Lambs do not caper in the sod

Nor frolick with their bods

The Pen who wrote that trash

Is as guilty as razor rash!

ii

Let the hooves unite

We now know a new fight!

The Pen is our enemy

Unite herbivores in enmity!

Afterword

Well, that’s how things are going in the Springs. I guess the hoofed (or is that hooved?) ones were insulted by their portrayals in yesterday’s fable. Actually, that was the intent. Fortunately the inhabitants of Saragun Springs are all talk and zero action. But, just in case, I’ve hired three Rat bodyguards, John, Wilkes and Booth, triplets born on the Ides of March. And although that joke is a bit American, and dated, like all useless ideas, it can be googled.

LA

6 thoughts on “Goat v. Lamb Civil Poetry War the Conclusion”

  3. Leila

    Wow! That is a great picture of Deer! A masterful wildlife photograph at all levels!

    It also goes perfectly with the text because of the hooves, or hoofs! of them all.

    Your imaginative universes are fascinating because of the layers and levels they are made up of, not just 3 D, more like 4 D, or even 5. Or 6. Yes, 6, because of the 6th sense that’s also involved.

    One can only imagine (barely touching the surface) what the mind of such a creator must be like on a daily basis in terms of the nonstop thought processes, streams of consciousness, perceptions, emotions, dreams, visions, and etc…

    The Life of the Mind and the Love of the Mind are a crowning summit of the creature called Humanity and even though these particular characters are animals they are really figments of their Creator’s mind, which is mind-blowing, because they do seem so REAL (in their consistent unreality as talking hoofed kids). Thank you!

    Dale

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    • Hello Drifter

      Yes the Deer are posing well this year. They have no enemy in city limits save for the ocassional SUV.

      Thank you for your comments. Damn WP just cut this comment off, but I got it back.

      You touched on writing in character, yesterday, I think. That is precisely it. Began that 15 or 16 years ago and it is automatic.

      Thanks again! Looking forward to tomorrow’s Drifter.

      Leila

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