Eugene and the Pumpkin Pie

By loquaciousicity

Thu, 24 Dec 2015
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        Eugene And the Pumpkin Pie

 

Wee Eugene's but a lonely boy
(arrayed in cap and corduroy),
has Jungle Jim (a ragged toy)
and fancied Friends his only joy.
 
Well, Jim appears from time to time
behind a pane of pantomime,
a charmed mirage, or dream sublime
inside a Cuckoo's nursery rhyme.
 
Still Eugene always finds a way
(while riding on his magic Sleigh)
to meet with Jim somewhere halfway
between the Moon and Yesterday.
 
When Jim brought Eu to Timbuktu
to kiss the Queen (a Kangaroo)
and tweak her tail (bright shiny blue),
Eu sneezed instead “achoo, achoo”.   
 
The baby Roo, surprised, awoke
and thought 'twas but a funny joke
beholding Eugene cough and choke...
well, sounding like old Froggy's croak.
 
Said Jim to Roo "Eu has a cold,
we mustn't laugh, we mustn't scold
instead we'll let the tale unfold
and frolic in the marigold".
 
With runny eyes and mighty sniffle
Eu could hardly get a whiffle,
climbed a hill to reach the cliffle ,
searched the sea for ship or skiffle.
 
Behind the breeze, some sloops were seen,
a grand delight that pleased Eugene,
and Jim, and Roo, and yes, the Queen;
they then set sail for Halloween.
 
Above the sea, below the sky
they saw a skinny Scarecrow fly -
within its beak (one couldn't deny),
surprise, surprise, a Pumpkin Pie!
 
The Scarecrow wore a veil and shawl 
so really couldn't see at all
and swooped too near the sunny ball,
got grilled and let the pastry fall,
 
which bounced upon the waves below,
then slid beneath the undertow.
"Why did it fall, where did it go?"
cried Eugene with a gasp of woe.
 
Roo wondered would it reappear
(for where it went was certainly queer),
but where it went became quite clear
to Eu and Jim while standing near
 
the Queen who, hungry, hopped awhile
observing Crunch the Crocodile
come floating down the river Nil
with belly full and toothy smile.
Certificate U
Poem
Eugene, Eugene
Surreal
Children's
Humour

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Terry, I think you'd get a lot more reads and analysis if you posted them as a series (maybe making them into a collection), say one every other day. Each could be read quite quickly then and maybe reread and thought about. (I know they're nonsense, but even then you want to think about what's being said, and some of the fun ideas you fit in in passing!) I don't know if it's children or adults that like nonsense, and the fun you have with words and rhymes. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Thank you, Rhiannon... I'll do just that!!