I have nothing to tell you today so instead I have decided to write you a poem about my legs. It's entitled Second Time Lucky. I hope you like it.
There once was a young lass called Jane,
Whose thighs looked like somebody's brain.
She did yoga and gymmed
But stayed cellulite-limbed,
So she cut them off and grew them again.
Can't get the last line to scan. Need one fewer syllable. Hmmm. Anyway. Must dash.
Surely the 'she' in the final line could be argued to be superfluous?
ReplyDeleteso she cut them off and regrew them....?
ReplyDeleteadmittedly it doesn't rhyme with brain! and is now syllable-light...
so cut 'em off and grew 'em again
ReplyDeleteThanks to all for the helpful ideas re. the last line. Anon 1 - er, no. I'm afraid the Jane rhyme is non-negotiable. Valiant effort though.
ReplyDeleteDylan and Anon 2 - you've both done well, but no cigar - it's not just a problem of losing a syllable - the line has to scan too, which in this case means the rhythm has to go something like this:
De-de-DUH-duh-duh-DUH-duh-duh-DUH.
Your suggestion, Dylan, would leave:
So cut THEM off and GREW them aGAIN, which doesn't sound right.
Neither would it make any difference turning the thems to 'ems.
The closest I got for the last line was: "So she CUT them and GREW them aGAIN" but cutting them isn't the same as cutting them off.
It's a tricky one.
So she scrapped them...? Ditched them...? Dumped them? She excised them and grew them again?
ReplyDeleteSo she snipped them?
ReplyDeleteYeah... No.
ReplyDelete"So she twice sliced and grew them again."
ReplyDelete?