Poetry meme

[marycrawford]

Gacked from elke_tanzer: When you see this, post a bit of poetry in your own journal.

i once was an innocent kit
wotthehell wotthehell
with a ribbon my neck to fit
and bells tied onto it
o wotthehell wotthehell
but a maltese cat came by
with a come hither look in his eye
and a song that soared to the sky
and wotthehell wotthehell
and i followed adown the street
the pad of his rhythmical feet
o permit me again to repeat
wotthehell wotthehell

From the song of mehitabel, by Don Marquis, as typed up by archy the cockroach.

I do so love mehitabel, if only because she's nothing like me, quite apart from being a cat. *g*

Comments

[elynross.livejournal.com]

eeeeee, Archy and Mehitabel!!! My father introduced me to them. *g*

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Aw! Go, dad. :-)

[barbaraa.livejournal.com]

Lord, it's been years since I read that! I need to find a copy and reread it!

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Well, I know it's not the same - poetry needs to be read from books, not HTML - but if you follow the link up above, there are quite a few archy & mehitabel poems online.