2008-08-25 - the bird, the toad & the oyster
Sloopy sashayed down the road and toad's heart followed after
he had to stay here where he owed commitment, life and laughter
and on the way she met a bird who spoke to her in riddles
while toad surmounted overload and sowed seeds for his viddles
she remembered toad at times as toad remembered her
but what could not be told in rhymes became a gentle blur
the bird told stories strong and weak deceiving everyone
as swarms of minions from her beak sought to obscure the sun
the bird said "things will go my way if I make Sloopy see
that all the words that I can say mean she should stay with me"
and so she spun a sticky string of sappy salivations
she tried to stick on Sloopy, make her sick with slick summations
she told her she was lowly in the eyes of every friend
she told her those who loved her were just using her and then
she made her think that bird was someone she should listen to
and then presumed to tell her just what she thought she should do
But Sloopy knew a toad who wouldn't let her get away
The toad was one she trusted, and she knew him, by the way,
And so the bird got busted and the toad hopped off to play
(the minions all got toasted so the toad did feast all day)
Yes Sloopy then got free from the sloppy mess bird made
And learned this valued lesson from the way the bird got played:
Sometimes things look beautiful but inside they are not
Other times the ugly things are inwardly quite hot
And those who seem to have it all together are quite lost
The ugly oyster shell contains the pearl of greatest cost
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