One fine morning, my pet Gnome and I
Went down to the garden, to catch a butterfly
The gnome was happy, so this poem we wrote,
but he didn’t see where he was walking, and squished a toad
Shocked, the gnome looked down and said, “Blimey!
That little toad sure is green and slimy!”
“You idiot, that’s ‘coz you killed him,” said I,
“and you chased away that big butterfly!”
“Quick, run, after the tiny beast,” said he
and in his haste, tripped into an elm tree
Bonk! went the gnome’s head on the tree bark
Dazed and confused, he said “Flengin, glargen, plark!”
Just then, floated a butterfly with a big, big wing
“Charge! We have to capture that little thing!”
With that warcry, the gnome went off again,
and promptly forgot his guilt, shame, and pain
Up the hill, down the hill, even side to side
that wily butterfly took the gnome for a ride
Alas! the fat gnome had no chance
Thus giving up, he returned with a contemptuous glance
“Well,” I asked him, “did you at least see the colour of the wing?”
“Don’t ask me that, ‘coz orange doesn’t rhyme with anything!”
6 comments
kj
September 10, 2011 at 7:44 pm (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment
Adorable, silly, creative! I love the last line. Orange we having fun?!
Arnab Majumdar
September 10, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment
@kj: I hate that word Orange… try as I may, when it comes to wordplay that word kills me, every time! Even now, I couldn’t think up a witty reply to this… care to help me out with this one??
Thanks for the comment…
Hope to see you around in the community…
harini
September 11, 2011 at 8:59 pm (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment
That was brilliant!
I loved it! So so different from the usual mushy poems people write!
The last line was hilarious!
Arnab Majumdar
September 12, 2011 at 9:58 am (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment
@harini: Thanks a lot
I hoped it would have an impact of this sort when I wrote this one 
Welcome to ScribbleFest… see you around here!
Rose
September 14, 2011 at 1:25 am (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment
HaHa, brilliant
Arnab Majumdar
September 14, 2011 at 5:42 am (UTC 5.5) Link to this comment
Thanks Rose!