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Edward Lear is instructed to lift his game at work<\/h4>\n

Cold is the office which lurks at the end of the hall
\ninto which Mister Lear is discourteously dragged
\nto be heartlessly told to shape up, ship out or be bagged
\nby his boss, who is grabulous, moustacious and tall.<\/p>\n

And who snarls, \u201cLeave your owls and your pussycats, your runcible spoons
\nyour truculent terrapins and scat-singing swallows.
\nThis mass-produced nonsense is too fribjous, false and shallow
\nto be heard in the best literary saloons.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t lift your performance,\u201d he torments old Edward Lear,
\n\u201cI\u2019ll pile on unbearable practices, drills
\nto improve your flabby and shabby nonsensical skills
\nso you can beat all K.P.I.s for the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putting pen to the page, Mister Lear conjured up a Tantalous Trotter and Barely-There Bear
\nwho trampled, gored and then gleefully ate his boss.<\/p>\n

File under:<\/i> it\u2019s a sonnet, jim, but not as we know it | poetic license run amok<\/p>\n

(Image source: wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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