[Brian Allgar]

Originally Posted by Jayne Osborn

Hi, all you clever bouts rimés-ers!

Here's the reply from Tessa Castro regarding variations on the words:

"Yes, that's fine as long as the rhyming element remains. The sense wasn't specified, but may and May are fine, and abstains is OK for stains. I think that Sun's instead of suns scrapes through too."

Oh, goody! Well, no one can say I haven't kept the rhyming element, except for the last word. To quote Oklahoma, I'd say that "I've gone about as far as I can go." (Needless to say, I won't be submitting this one.)

To whom it may concern: Hereby complains
One Brian Allgar. It’s like “Groundhog Day”,
Writing this stuff. There must be an easier way
To make a living. Only drink sustains
(I'll even swallow cheap champagnes like Spain’s)
While struggling with these blasted bouts-rimés.
My laptop with its flickering display
Constrains my brains to suffer mental strains.
The booze relieves; I’m rolling up my sleeves
To show my rivals, those complacent sons
Of bitches (scribbling Adams, bookish Eves),
A thing or two. Forget the whisky-breath;
I take my eager pen; away it runs,
Bold as Macbeth upon the blasted ’eath.


Ooops! I'd posted this before seeing Jayne's latest:
So...no taking the P, boys and girls! None of these, not even in jest (...Brian! )

Too late!