Leaf me alone.
Don’t bark at me like an angry dog
Don’t tell me to branch out or try and spruce me up.
Yew maple* me any way you wish
But I don’t want to go against my grain.
I like the roots I’ve got
And willow-er* my standards not a jot
(Though you wood say they’re low enough already).
I’m knot going to rowan* my life pining for you.
Don’t give me sage advice to make me poplar.
I’m alder than yew, your changes walnut* stick.
I have the balsa knot bough* before your Ivy League education
And I’ve found my grove,
Don’t blame me if I like acorny joke every now and then.
Yew can take that “holly-er than thou” attitude and shove it up your ash.
P.S. If I cedar* on my lawn your pining face, I’ll teak my dog and sequoia* your fruit.
*may pull
*will lower
*ruin
*will not
*the balls to not bow
*see there
*I’ll take my dog and sick (him on)
Monday September 15, 2008 at 12:42 am |
…I should hope at this point you know what my response to this is. I am in the latter of the responses you mentioned in the post.
AKA: *groan*
Very glad for your legend, though. I didn’t get the first two or the “the balls to not bow” part…
Bailey, save meeee Ensei’s dragging me into her pit of Touhou doooomm!!!
Monday September 15, 2008 at 9:42 pm |
Do not be dragged my friend! Resist! Resist!
I thought that the legend might be useful. It’s good not to confuse people any more than is funny. *grin*
Thursday April 30, 2009 at 10:54 pm |
This is an awesome poem! I love this poem so much, I would have used it for my poem project but unfortunally, (I cannot spell) there is no author and it might be right in front of me but I can’t find it!
Saturday May 2, 2009 at 4:18 pm |
Well, you could say it was written by BRoses, which can be considered a “pen name.”