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Doggerel

 

My 'verse' has always been of the doggerel¹ nature as is shown below in a free association verse I scribbled about my cat, but I enjoy scribbling nonsense as well as prose.

Bubbles


the cat sat on the desk,
surveying, supervising.
she gazes at the floor,
the monitor and keys.

jealously she guards me
not wanting me to work,
pushing face into keyboard
standing blocking screen.

she vibrates with purrs,
she nuzzles my keyboard.
she is the centre of my life
proud to be in control.


20-21Jan08

¹ Definition

dog•ger•el
noun

comic verse composed in irregular rhythm.
• verse or words that are badly written or expressed : the last stanza deteriorates into doggerel.
ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective describing such verse): apparently from dog (used contemptuously, as in dog Latin) + -rel.