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Fall 2002 - Volume 25, Number 2
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(Ellipses, Orange, Purple)
Death to the Ellipse
Mr. Foci Ellipse, you have been accused of seven counts of writers' block, five counts of bad poetry, and eight counts of syntax errors, how do you plead?
"..."
The court receives your guilty plea, and upon quick consideration of your offenses, thereby sentences you to a swift death to be carried out at twelve noon today, this 30th of April, 2002; have you anything to say for yourself?
"..."
I didn't think so.
To the gallows you go, three-dotted, punctuatory nothingness
(may purgatory welcome you, and may your legacy die with
you)...
Finding a Rhyme for Orange
"There's no rhyme for the word orange," he said.
"Yes, there is."
"No, there isn't."
"I'll think of one."
"No, you won't. It's a proven fact."
those colors always baffle me
rainbow this, rainbow that
gasoline rainbows are metallic in nature
and ready to explode into the future
(bad pun intended)
orange, twinge, binge, cringe, stinge, -is that a word?
(my friend the spell checker says no
she is probably right)
"Those don't count. It has to be a direct rhyme."
orange, range, grunge, sponge, no no no
porridge!
"That doesn't rhyme."
"Yes, it doesssss......n't, but orange is a shitty color anyway..."
(the ellipse has come back to haunt me)
Finding a Rhyme for Purple
"there's no rhyme for purple, either," smirked he-thinks-he's
better-than-me
now his face is turning purple
I am maliciously pinching his nipples, twisting and pulling them
from his body, a two-pronged attack
purple nurple
(there's your fucking rhyme)
-By Jeremy Gardner
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