SCHWENCK CRACKED IN THE FILBERT




                                   I prate the very patter of a post-modern panegyricist

                                  My operettas cater for every sage and lyricist

                                                Stuff!  I’m simply no-account!

                                    He’s the burgrave of Belgravia, the saviour of Monrivia

                                    Adviser to the vizier in triteness, tropes and trivia

                                                O dash and balderdash!

                                    I’m the archduke of Arcanery, paragon of parody

                                    I quote and quip and quibble with alacrity and quiddity

                                                 Botheration!

                                    O, he’s the very doddle (dodo?) of a minor generalissimo

                                                O nonny no, no, no!

                             In every particular, he’s your general major-domo

                                                Gawdelpus, this will never do-oh!!!


                                    I’m a very modern symbol of a model maharajah
                                                                                                            tara, tara

                                    Epitome of courtesy, court maidens, mummers and majas
                                                                                            tarantara, tarantara

                                    Eureka!  I think I’ve nearly got it.  Very nearly got it!
A rib-cracker, I do believe.  I think I’ve nearly got it!

Arthur!

                                                            Michael Small
August, 1992

pub. Visual Poetry Exhibition, Wollongong, 1994, NSW, Australia

pub. Home Brew, no.3, April,1999, NSW, Australia

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