Space Creature Zoo, Gather Writing Essential FWE RPW, Mindful Poetry

 

XIII  Trimeric

Here’s what I learned at the Space Creature Zoo:
The Cricket Bat chirps while it screeches at you,
The Fuguepie has claws numbered ‘leventy-two,
And the Chickpeacock’s tail’s made of Mylar balloons.

The Cricket Bat chirps while it screeches at you;
Its legs number six and its fangs number two;
It’s shaped like a paddle and made of bamboo.

The Fuguepie has claws numbered ‘leventy-two.
His cage is a bad thing to put your nose through.
I would recommend keeping your fingers out, too.

The chickpeacock’s tail’s made of Mylar balloons.
He fills them with helium while pitching woo.
If you had a tail like that, what would you do?

Here’s what I learned at the Space Creature Zoo:
The Hippodromedary just had a shampoo,
The Snapdragonfly is in bed with the flu,
And the Mugwumpire has spikes and hollers “Strike Two!”

The Hippodromedary just had a shampoo;
His fur is so fluffy with highlights in blue
That I wish I could steal him and take him to school.

The Snapdragonfly is in bed with the flu;
The sound of her sneezing will flabbergast you—
Now if they could just teach her to use a tissue!

The Mugwumpire has spikes and hollers “Strike two!”
He dusts off the plate with a porpoise-hair broom.
He’s ejected the Keeper—now what do we do?

Here’s what I learned at the Space Creature Zoo:
The crooning Chaise Lounge Lizard knows all the tunes.
The Wild Card Shark hides an ace in its shoe,
And the Card Counting Cheetah is in the game, too.

The crooning Chaise Lounge Lizard knows all the tunes.
The skylarks stop singing and just “ah” and “ooh”
As he belts out “Hey, Bulldog,” and “Rocky Raccoon.”

The Wild Card Shark hides an ace in its shoe;
Its hammerhead poker face gives you no clue
As to what the fierce predator’s liable to do.

The Card Counting Cheetah is in the game, too.
He deals off the bottom and scoops up the pool,
but the Shark takes exception and chomps him in two!
(Thus endeth the song of the Space Creature Zoo.)


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(Perfect timing, Andrea!  This was for the Mindful Poetry contest but I thought from the beginning if it was to join my oeuvre it needed to be expanded.)

 

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