7200
Upon (die) re rhea
ding previous poem
All In The Name
Of "Progress" zen
a glaring, leering,
and twittering
left par wren
dared to
a right
(i.e. bribe)
corrective
punctuation measure
slyly slipping
Special Ops
symbol ")" for so
many yen,
thus see slipped
thru my excellent
proof reading, when
lo and behold c
onsternation,
inconsideration,
and perturbation
I thought to
take a page
from playbook
of Sylvia Plath,
and stick
my head in the oven
but lo,
a sardine recipe
(though
a bit fishy),
could be found
necessitating cauldron
only available
for
purchase
in Turin
thus donned
with a
shrouded cape,
aye didst
make whoosh,
hence, went
there and
came back
and frankly
tubby earnest,
thence
began stir'n
a bubbling
concoction brew
though duration
for perfect
consistency
aye lacked
any clue
thus, needed
to contact
Hannibal
the cannibal
asper what
to do
in order
(I explained)
to sever livingsocial,
and for
ever hang
my head in shame
cuz, accidentally
omitting
one right
parenthesis
too few
hence,
esteemed
flawless glory,
(sans error
free grammarian
reputation
pitched downward
where care
less evinced
Kamikaze
nosedive, where
matter of fact
gross humiliation
instantaneously grew
and the only
viable option
forced me
to hew
admitting to egregious,
fatuous, abhorent
and readily confesses
compunction
viz, grievously
blatant Anglo Saxon
Horrifying
transgression
involving backward
curved "C" sin bent
a most execrable,
incorrigible,
and unforgivable
literary faux
pas incurring
major cosmic event
stripped of title special
Das Scribe
double "A" gent!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Upon complying
never to err again
Matthew
Scott Harris since
accepted
plea bargain
accepting sentence
resting his chin
til indelible necklaced
"U" lettered grin
forever visible
to kith and kin.
