Full disclosure: I wrote this some years ago when someone found some ‘new’ Dr. Seuss stories. And now they’ve done it again, so, you know, any excuse.
Look! Look!
It’s a book!
A book with a hook!
A book that is new –
I’m excited. Aren’t you?
What a ruse!
They can’t lose!
It’s wonderful news!
There’ll be four-mile long queues
For the new Dr. Seuss.
I know, I know,
That rhyme was a crime.
A rhyme crime sublime,
And not worth a dime.
Seuss doesn’t rhyme with news, ruse, or lose,
Or, come to think of it, shoes, moose, or goose.
But just have a think,
A rinky-dink think,
And picture a picture with swathes of pink ink:
A moose and a goose wearing shoes in a noose;
The goose has around it a loose-fit papoose;
The moose has a bowl full of rich choc’late mousse.
A moose scene.
A goose scene.
A moose goose papoose scene.
A loose goose papoose, moose and chocolate mousse scene.
In short, it’s a typical weird Dr. Seuss scene.
You’ve guessed it:
I’ve lost it.
It just goes to show
How incredibly hard it is to write in an economical rhyming style while maintaining a sing-song rhythm, don’t you know?
Oh well.
What the hell.
I could go on all day.
“All day, did you say?
No! No! Go away!”
Okay.
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Fabulous.
literally wonderful
Something new from my favourite poet is always an exciting event. Dr Seuss, that is. But thought-provoking poetry from my favourite runny thinker is also very welcome!