Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Poeticality is underrated (inexplicably?)

Thus I re-enter a world long lost;
upon blogging seas long ago I was tossed.
I blogged many years, in a desperate quest
to avoid answering emails, at procrastination's behest.
After all, how does one answer emails unnumbered?
- a question by which I was long encumbered.
I tried answering them all; it took absolute lengths
for punctuality is not one of my strengths.

Then one great day I discovered
a fab idea which hovered
and shaped itself into a coherent plan:
and with a blog post this plan began.
I would write one response
(without being too much of a ponce)
to all of my emails, long unanswered and alone
and I'd begin a great trend in which I never postponed!

Of course all great things aren't entirely awesome
(for instance the creepy hairless tails on possums).
Here's the question I'll go and put to you now:
am I being a lazy arse, or exercising time management prow....ess?
With one single blog post I can answer at once
five dozen emails I'd otherwise leave for a month!

(You'll notice perhaps, my rhyming skills waning -
Take that to be good news; my prose skills are gaining!)

One thing I've noticed (and I hope you'll not worry!),
is that often a blog post demands a great flurry.
"World!" it cries, and flips its proud head:
"Listen to me, all the deep things I've said!"
When in fact, you'll agree, it's all really quite dry;
and parades itself round on a horse rather too high.
Now I hope to dear goodness this will NOT be the case,
and if it is then give me a (metaphorical) slap in the face!

My sole honest intention, I'll say it again:
is quite plainly to answer those two-hundred-and-ten
damn emails I've got in a heap in my inbox
haunting my dreams and my sleep and my... socks.
I feel really quite bad every time someone says,
"Gee, Holly, it's been - well, absolute ages"
and I'm forced to recall that it's been five months and a day
since last I remembered to send word their way.
So here's the solution!
It's a blog revolution.
I'll keep you all posted on shenanigans here,
and now keeping in touch won't wait a year!
So leave me a post, let me know what you think.
And if you've got one, send on your blog link!

Apologies, kids, it won't usually rhyme,
it's just that it's late and I've lost track of time,
and my essay's due in at a quarter past 10
on Friday and I'd rather face a lion in its den
and so bravely I'm avoiding any practical use
of my time and am instead committing serious abuse
of the internet and its marvelous extras...
with which nothing rhymes but 'ambidextrous.'

More posts to follow, and maybe even in prose!
Enjoy your night, folks; now I'm off to doze.

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