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// A Writer's Blog special

Welcome! Welcome! to the hall of dreams
Behold, where nothing is as it seems!
Here, where time is a capricious thing,
And nothing's impossible to every extreme
Have a go! have fun! by all means, have a fling!
Watch, watch, and wow at the exhibits-
They're sure to keep you in the highest spirits!

Now, ladies and gentlemen, as we advance
Throw to your sinister a curious glance!
Here, a fine specimen- caught at his desk
Reading obsessedly, as though in a trance-
Look at him go! isn't it grotesque
To spend one's life in a flight of fantasy!
I think we'll all agree, 'tis a travesty!

We feed him on stories of unrequited love,
And marvel as he cries to a "Dear God Above"
At times, he's melancholic, at others ablaze,
But never too far from a push to a shove!
Watch! as his spirit nothing can faze!
He'll gnarl and he'll gnash at the slightest provocation
Then fall at a touch into deepest depression-

Welcome! Welcome! to the hall of dreams
Behold, where nothing is as it seems!
Here, where time is a capricious thing
And nothing's impossible to every extreme
Have a go! have fun! by all means, have a fling!
Marvel at the monkeys- but for all of their antics
Please, ladies and germs: don't feed the romantics.

Labels: poetry