Toezan...Danger Lurks In The Jungle

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Open Poetry #42

Toezan...Danger Lurks In The Jungle

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

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Ala bam a

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.

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2008-02-26 09:34 AM

Toerag,

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

Bobby

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