Writing Assignment #5, Draft 3

A Silly Poem, a la Dr. Seuss

There once was a hippo named Fabio Blue
Who lived with his cousin, a meercat named Tru.
They both loved bananas, and pickles with peas,
And custard and mushrooms and take out Chinese.

Now the two cousins lived in the Kingdom of Smee
In the Kwizabang jungle in a hole in a tree
They spent all their days drinking dew drop martinis
And basking in the sun wearing purple bikinis.

One morning while drinking their clear tasty booze,
Fabio and Tru found a pair of sweet shoes
They were high heeled and leather and had hard pointy toes,
With buckles and ribbons and polka dot bows.

Fabio wanted the shoes, he wanted them bad
They were so stylish, they were totally rad!
He could wear them to parties, or while riding his llamas,
They went well with everything, even pajamas.

But Tru was quite jealous, he wanted them too,
They looked weird on Fabio, he had not a clue.
So Tru asked him nicely if he would share,
But Fabio answered, “Get your own flippin’ pair!”

Tru was incensed, Fabio had not the right
To tell him to scram, this meant a fight
Tru would not leave, he would not skedaddle
And he challenged his cousin to a dance-off type battle.

But Fabio was prepared, he did the Worm
So Tru followed with a bit of a squirm
They were tied till the end, the outlook was grim,
Until Tru finished up with ballet, on whim.

“You win!” cried Fabio, he had given up
But Tru handed him a dew drop sized cup
And said “We can share them, don’t be a sore lose.”
So Tru and Fabio both wore the shoes.

The the cousins were happy, united once more.
In their new rockin’ shoes things were never a bore,
They still wear bikinis under juicy palmettos
But now they also wear the racy stilettos.