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Rap it out like you mean it now...

Cuss Words Go In Falsetto

It's not the heat
  It's the humidity
that makes me sweat
  and want to scree 
m-at any fool who
  approaches me

It clings to my shirt
  and my underpants
Colossal red fire ants 
  (Pause)
  inciting me to 
rap and rant
  in polysyllabic
barnyard chants

I let cuss words go
  in falsetto
all the way
  to Kokomo --
Indiana, they do flow
  then stream on to Mexico
How did you know...

    (Grand Finale)

Ratchet up the fire
  just one notch higher
I'll breathe my last
  in the town of Dyer --
Indiana...
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Laurie Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 8:03 PM
Agree Gershon … humidity sends plenty of people troppo including me - thanks Gershon - Lindsay
Wolf Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 8:35 PM
Ha, ha, ha, ha! I see that the joke's on me!! I was only about three continents off there, etymology-wise. ~ Mama Mia, Troppo allegro con andante forte and all that stuff
Wolf Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 8:33 PM
'troppo?' --- must be some kind of Aussie word, eh? Tie me wallaby down, mate! Thanks, Gershon
Blown Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 3:21 PM
....lalalaaa....musstaphystofriggamtorinot oozoopla....crocka'molly..singin ma folly... ....have fun : ) stan sand
Wolf Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 8:32 PM
You're hired, Stan. Come on down! Smiles, Gershon
Mcguire Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 2:41 PM
and don't you know, we hear it over here in Ohio!
Wolf Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 8:30 PM
Well, you're not that far from Dyer, IN (are you?!) lol. Thanks, Timothy. :) gw
Robinson Jr. Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 9:44 AM
O Dyer maker! Very witty poem cleverly done, Mr. G-man. Your ink wave is simply irresistible. Love and peace always.
Wolf Avatar
July 13, 2020 at 8:31 PM
Thanks... Just call me the Little Old Tool and Dye(r) Maker, I guess. Peace, FRJ, Peace. :) gw
Krutsinger Avatar
July 12, 2020 at 8:55 PM
I have never rapped before. I think I did it right. The humidity so well understood. Good one.
Romios Avatar
July 12, 2020 at 7:18 PM
Dude! Very creative. Can relate well to the sticky icky humidity of Chicago. It drove me bonkers. Panagiota
Pigeon Tart Avatar
July 12, 2020 at 6:59 PM
You ARE hot stuff. ~x
Pigeon Tart Avatar
July 12, 2020 at 11:04 PM
Of course I did ;),
Wolf Avatar
July 12, 2020 at 7:09 PM
Heh, heh: Hopin' you rapped it out, Mo! Thanks, gw
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