Richard from Rangoon



Richard from Rangoon ran up
his tune and upped the run
like a slithery spider on a rain pipe.
I spiked a peck of pickled peppers
and re-strung them into a chili ristra
relishing a scintillating, titillating,
undulating recipe from a damsel with
tittles, riddles and turtles, in her
carpet bag. I corresponded to Garcia
when the Cat in The Hat and I fell
from favor and he was happy in the
peach tree joking and croaking with
the crows anyway for many a day,
still waiting am I, for my bugles
and beads to be replaced. Guess
I'll take their loves boast myself,
anyway.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGEHIHGJKLMJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 551
Words 105
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

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