Could you see Mark Twain

From bare knuckle words distain

Couch every word

To please fashions sport

What memories would bring to live

Used not words that lived that strive

An uncensored pen

Not imprisoned by political yen

Did not say twain 2

If it wasn’t true

No matter how polite it be

To save some dames anxiety

If on that riverboat you speak

Covered in oil and grease you reek

You speak to keep adherent

To keep in proper current

It would be cute

If it wasn’t rude

More of it I might say

I’ll wait another day!

24/11/2007