Sunday, September 02, 2007

Bookworm

At school I was bookish,
To book - a bookworm.
What would that be in Latin ?
Bookum, Booket, Booker
The Booker – yeah baby !

Others had their marathons, I had the MS Readathon.
They had cramps, I had a comfy chair.

Why is it bookworm anyway ?
Small, peevish, short sighted…slightly slimy
Alright – environmentally sound – but dull nevertheless.

It seems so passive – bookworm
Why not book Gazelle ? Book Cheetah ? Book Swan ?
‘Cos I’m a lover and a fighter.

I’ll see your James Hird, your Buckley and Sheeds
With my Lindqvist, Eggers and Clarke.

And I’ll raise you a Kaz Cooke ‘cos nothing beats that.

8 comments:

The Phosgene Kid said...

I'll see your Cooke and raise you a Salinger...

Mummified said...

Salinger is pretty hard to beat...

punk & blanket said...
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punk & blanket said...

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The Phosgene Kid said...

Vonnegut is another favorite of mine...

The Phosgene Kid said...

If you liked music cassettes would you be a tapeworm??

Mummified said...

Nice one Phos...

The Phosgene Kid said...

How've you been???