Caroled mantis, responding to Ranjit:
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Maybe they're off to see the Shrike, the wonderful Shrike of
Hyperion.
"We're off to see the Shrike,
the Wonderful Shrike of Hyperion!
It really is a spike of a shrike,
The Wonderful Shrike of Hyperion!
If ever a swindlous spindle there hikes,
Or time warp respites,
Or sado delights,
It's all because, because, because, because!
Because of the wonderful beings it spikes!"
I could while away the hours
Conferring with the flowers
And tightnin' every screw.
While my head I'm mostly scratchin'
While I wish my thoughts were hatchin'
If I only had a clue!
I'd unravel every riddle
For any individdle
In the pink or in the blue
With my musings most errantic
I could wax a trifle mantic
If I only had a clue!
Oh I could tell you why
Blue and Green are in convergence
I could tell you Pig's emergence
And some Christian effervescence.
I would not be just a nothin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain
I would laugh and I'd be merry
Life would be a dinglederry
If I only had a clue.
-alga