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Brian Bilston's Breviloquence


Don't have to be a sleuth

To find ample proof 

 A well worn trampled truth

That to besmirch 

Not be kind

On a pedant’s perch

Scorn and be aloof 

Is quite simply uncouth


Snooty snotty sniffy 

In a jiffy drives me potty

The spiffy getting iffy

You've gotta be pithy

Must be dotty


Semantic severity

Temerity to stifle

Getting a trifle squiffy

Like a lush

Quaffing & scoffing 

A lexicon so plush

Brevity don't mean levity

Just let it gush


It does perplex

Not your cortex to flex

So why try to vex 

With a supercilious hex

Any wannabe thesaurus rex


Let's lobby those

Who got gobby

Chose to be snobby

For you it is a jobby

For most it is just a hobby


So Brian my old fruit

With a lingo bingo to loot

Let folks have a hoot

Without pokes enjoy a toot 

Take the scenic route


Have you heard a word more absurd 

Less elegant…redolent or benevolent 

Than counter “breviloquent” 


So just hush

You should blush

It’s our duty

To be bold

Revel in the 

Another level booty


Feeling flush 

Well what's the rush

No need to be a bore

No one's keeping score

Who doesn’t adore an encore

Cos sometimes with rhymes

More is well… more
















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