GLADYS, Nonsense Verse from the book, HERE WE BE. WHERE BE WE?

                                                                      Hindu Goddess Kali

Gladys

We feed a cow on fat feed fodder;

We fat the cow, then eat her.

We fat all creatures else to fat us,

And we fat ourselves for Gladys.

 

We feed a sow soft sodden fodder;

We fat the sow, then sup her.

We fatten sows to fat ourselves,

Then Gladys sups ourselves for supper.

 

O woe is us, the fact is sad is

That old Gladys is so glad is

Gladys that we fat and pad us;

 

We fat the piglets, calves to fat us;

But in the end we’re chomped by Gladys.

Just a munch and a crunch and a gulp and she’s had us:

Old green-bellied greedy-gutted great-gobbed Gladys.

[excerpted from the book by U.R. Bowie, HERE WE BE. WHERE BE WE? IN THE SHITSTORM YEAR OF 2020]