"HOW DOTH THE GLIB LIBRARIAN"
By Robin Rose Yuran
How doth the glib librarian
Strive mightily to please;
She crosseth both her little i’s
And dotteth all her T’s.
But grizzled adversarian
Doth rob her dewey glow;
He pillage page and cracketh spine
As through the stacks he go.
That snaggle-toothed barbarian
With atavistic chin,
He rippeth all the pictures out
And put his doodle in.
Beware the mousy Marion
Of spectacle and bun;
Her lexi-cunning vanquisheth
All he of lesser pun.
“Put down the books you carrion!”
Librarian Marion cried.
Adversarian barbarian
Reluctantly complied.
How doth the glib librarian
Ignore his plangent pleas;
She blacketh both his little eyes
And whacketh both his knees.
- Thanks to John Peters for the poem.
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Ha! A parody of a parody. Anyone know the title of the original poem? (Hint: it is not a water animal.)
“How Doth the Little Busy Bee”
Y’know, a poem which uses the word ‘plangent’ just makes my day.
As doth her blacking his little eyes, of course.
Funny~
“her dewey glow,” yuk yuk yuk.
Gotta love the librarian’s revenge! I’m thinking the adversarian is perhaps a 2nd grader:>)