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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

The Theta Threnodies

A mathematician from Bath 
pads a a most misanthropical path. 
Waxing angry, ofttimes 
he's found casting out primes. 
We in Bath flee the wrath that he hath. 

Says a mirthless flat-earther from Perth, 

“I see breadth -- i.e., width -- but no girth. 
Lacking visceral fitness,  
my fate’s been to witness 
such dearth since my unworthy birth.” 

In Bethesda, one Seth met his death 
smoking meth, which arrested his breath. 
Seth's obit express’d  
sev’ral shibboleths: “Rest 
grant him, Lord” -- plus (unt'ward...?) “More is leth.” 

A Christmas wreath vendor from Meath 
gathers heather on Godlingston Heath, 
where he harvests the gorse --  
and the goosegrass, of course, 
which he clips with his lips or his teeth. 


Rev'd Spooner Meets Rev'd Carroll

He sought to thaw  each thought he saw  flee, frozen, from his mind.  He peer'd again,  then gear'd his pen,  supposin' he'd...