The Jabberbloggie

The Jabberbloggie

by Bruce Denby

Was blogging, and my slippery prose
Did tire and jumble on the page
All clumsy were the borrowed quotes,
And the dumb facts outlayed

Beware the Jabberblog, my son
The saws that grate, the phrase that's flat
Beware the Subjunc't verb and shun
The ruinous WeHearThat...

I in my purple cords did stand
Long time a Mand'rin hole I sought
Then nestled me at the Subgum Tree,
And ate awhile and thought

And as in forkish thought I set
The Jabberblog, with updates lame
Came crawling off the Internet,
And twittered as it came!

One, two! One, two! And Kung-Fu you!
My purple cords went swicker-swack!
I left it dead, and in my head
I ran triumphal back

And have I slain the Jabberblog?
That and ten cents, my beamish boy!
You said it first? Who you? No way!
I posted in my joy.

Was blogging, and my slippery prose
Did tire and jumble on the page
All clumsy were the borrowed quotes,
And the dumb facts outlayed