CARTOUCHE
he woke up
with the word
cartouche
circling round
in his head
maybe to use
in a poem
for his snapshot
but the
trouble was
he did not know
what it meant
but if he
looked it up
it might
lose its magic
be rather rude
a lady's part
or dead prosaic
or something else
like that
and he sort of
worried about this
and decided
to let it float
take a chance
be reckless
of course
some learned ones
would laugh at him
say what a fool
send an email
how unlearned
how unlettered
what a peasant
and they would feel
cheered delighted
preen their feathers
twit a bit trill a lot
but he decided
to do it anyway
cast it to the winds
bravely cartouched.
pmcmanus 8-33
raynesparkwimbledonlondon
n653
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