A hop, a skip and a jump
will get you over the hump
Unless you're in a car
in which case
you can't jump too far
a plum, a peach, a song, a beach
a bend, a curvy straightaway
a bob, a dip, a dunk, a screech
a hair-breadth turn took your future away
you nerveless nock, how dare you rock
this sanctimonious cerebrum with poppycock
it behooves you to hoof it to Timbuktu ~
haunting howls from the bowels of Montezu
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