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Toerag
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0 posted 2008-02-26 07:51 AM



Out here in my jungle,
Danger lurks at ev'ry tree,
Poachers, snakes and crockodiles,
And swarms of killer bees.

Tales of things so much worse,
Have been told for many years,
Something much more dreadful,
The jungle shakes in fear.

The lions cower and run away,
The natives yell "JU-JU!!"
All the elephants run and hide,
The legends are all true.

This beast is something horrible,
Eats raw meat-bugs and dung,
His breath will clear a village,
The Swahili pack and run.

You know when he is coming,
From drum beats all in rhyme
There's no escape-not even me,
His breath rots out my vines.

Army ants go "AWOL"
Hyenas make no sound
(It's been said that's why the ostrich,
Hides it's head beneath the ground).

Anteaters now go hungry,
There are no termite mounds,
The jungle doesn't have a bug
When Balladeer's around.


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Robert E. Jordan
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1 posted 2008-02-26 09:34 AM


Toerag,

The rhyme in this poem runs along well, and unforced--very good.

Bobby


Sunshine
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2 posted 2008-02-26 09:39 AM




Somehow, I just knew you'd pick on him!




TomMark
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3 posted 2008-02-26 12:49 PM


You know when he is coming,
From drum beats all in rhyme
ha ha
I have never known that crocodile lives in trees.

JamesMichael
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4 posted 2008-02-26 04:00 PM


Nice...lately in the news they have revealing the benefits of nutrition of eating bugs...James
Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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5 posted 2008-02-26 08:58 PM


Toerag... this is such fun, I hope our lovely Balladeer is smiling too!   love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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6 posted 2008-03-01 09:58 PM


Cracks up.

I think I smelled that last line coming.

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7 posted 2008-03-01 10:47 PM


lol I really liked the read!

ARCTIC WIND

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