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The knave with foolishness afflicted
Great mischief on himself bestowed
When my movements he'd restricted
And stirring up my great perdition
He asked
"Why DO you chickens cross the road?"
"You knave," I began my recitation
Clucked at him with squawks of angry tone
Organizing through irritation
To explain heritage and condition
I found
He had already become a stone.
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The knave with foolishness afflicted
Great mischief on himself bestowed
When my movements he'd restricted
And stirring up my great perdition
He asked
"Why DO you chickens cross the road?"
"You knave," I began my recitation
Clucked at him with squawks of angry tone
Organizing through irritation
To explain heritage and condition
I found
He had already become a stone.
Not "which came first" though I've heard that one plenty of times too.
Done for the Thursday Prompt.
Check them out!
Kind of "winging it" here. That's likely another expression Hauke wouldn't like. He's a fussy roost--I mean, mythological being.
Done for the Thursday Prompt.
Check them out!
Kind of "winging it" here. That's likely another expression Hauke wouldn't like. He's a fussy roost--I mean, mythological being.
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How would you react if someone asked you if you had gotten roast beef, or had gotten none? Let alone if you had gone "Weeeee wee wee wee all the way home"!
See you have a great thought process for this sort of devious stuff. That hadn't even crossed my mind.
Turn to stone, asking a question.
At least he wasn't a singer to this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDhJU_cNCZE
At least he wasn't a singer to this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDhJU_cNCZE
An old chesnut!
"I turn to stone what I look on, I turn to stone!" Isn't that how it goes? :>
"I turn to stone what I look on, I turn to stone!" Isn't that how it goes? :>
*laughs...
as to the 'which came first' I once heard it was a question used during the Spanish Inquisition to pinpoint heretics...
if you were 'a true Christian', then the proper answer was 'the chicken' - as God created the world ready to go...
Vix
as to the 'which came first' I once heard it was a question used during the Spanish Inquisition to pinpoint heretics...
if you were 'a true Christian', then the proper answer was 'the chicken' - as God created the world ready to go...
Vix
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