Word Doctor

When your nouns are all grey,
and your adverbs lack zing;
your verbs just don't sing,
and your pronouns won't play;

When your wit isn't witty,
and your insights are dim;
metaphors have grown slim,
and your comas aren't pretty;

Then it's time for a date
with the bard of absurds,
the good doctor of words-
and you can't hesitate!

He will debore your borings,
hohums and not quites;
rewrite your not rights;
ignite your ignorings.

He'll refund your funning,
and rewhim your whimsy;
make your borogroves mimsy,
and uncan your cunning.

And now that your syntax
has been all untacked,
get your pencil unpacked;
stack your ideas in stacks,

and go! Let your musings
pour out in elation
of imagination
and joyous confusings!

While your ideas run loose,
and your possibles play
take a moment to say-
"Thanks a lot,
a whole lot,
more a lots than I've got-
Were you wrong? You were not!
You were right on the dot,
Dr. Seuss."

For Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 - September 24, 1991)

© Joe Thompson · www.imaginesongs.com

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