I thought my poem sedulous,
instead it turned out nebulous,
all who read, incredulous,
merit at best tenuous.
Its origin endogenous,
meter, rhyme preposterous,
spurious, anomalous,
muse morosely arduous.
Striving for poetical,
its words turned out pathetical,
useless and nonsensical,
amusement for the skeptical.
Might someone who’s methodical,
and skilled lexicographical,
allay its monotonical?
Odds against are astronomical.
Higgledy Piggledy
William Wordseeker
pins on the wall
all the words he has found.
He likes to say that his
lexicographical
treasure are now
erinaceously bound.
For the background of this rhyme:
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