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POEM
I Let Our
Love Sing - F(orte)
Once
upon a blowtorch an artist made a pig.
A pretty pink color, and not very big.
She took one look at him and said "Bad luck,
But your face looks like it was squashed by a truck,"
I tried my best, but this hideous creation
Will destroy my perfectionist reputation.
There's nothing I can do, you've turned out so ugly,
I'm afraid you're what lampworkers call: "A FUGLY!"
Upon
another workbench some aliens appeared.
Green, blue, spotty, distinctly weird!
"Oh dear," said their maker, "You didn't
turn out right!"
And she hid them in her Fugly Box out of sight.
Every
maker has a Fugly Box, dark and quiet,
With Fuglies who'd escape if they only dared try it.
They dream of being made into jewelry someday,
But for this hopeless lot there seemed just no way...
BUT
THEN...
Mad
beader Lynn had a great idea
To make an Ugly Necklace that will WIN this year!
On a lampworkers' forum she put up a post:
"Your Fugliest Beads are what I want the most!"
Beadmakers are a lovely and generous crew;
They donated wonky rainbows and burnt trees too,
And green shapeless lumps that beggared belief
And looked like what you'd find in your handkerchief!
Lynn's
Fugly Collection became world-class:
So much hideousness made of glass!
Mutant birds, floppy flowers, bent butterflies,
Lots of things with no noses or too many eyes.
But
still Lynn was missing the vital theme
To realize her Ugly Necklace dream.
Then up popped a plastic knitting charm and said "Look,
stupid,
Just put me in your Fugly Box and I'll play Cupid!"
It
was Valentine's Day, there was romance in the air,
And the Fuglies got together, pair by pair,
Car Crash Piggy was the first to leap
Into happy union with No-Nose Sheep.
The
Green and the Blue Aliens were naturally matched
And Red Bird and LadyBird were easily attached;
But some of the other ones were very much harder,
Just too Fugly to inspire much ardour!
Pink
Warty Alien and Snoblob Person
Their Fugly looks had just been cursin'
But now they're an item, and right nearby
Blue Lizard Bead Sitting Thingy fell for Butterfly.
Jaundiced
Kidlet is quite new on the block
And Tonsured Baby thinks she rocks!
In her new wire necklace he finds her quite beguiling --
And believe it or not, her yellow face is smiling!
Mutant
Dragon Budgie went hopping around
To see whether tru love by him could be found
Now he's enjoying a cuddle and a snog
With bulging, bug-eyed Splat-Mouthed Frog.
Last
and loneliest, the Goddess heard a humming.
A one-eyed mutant like a Dalek was coming!
"My Eye!" he cried, "I do declare
You look like Homer Simpson -- but I DO NOT CARE!"
So
now they'll be together till the end of time,
Lynn stitched romantic charms for them and wrote this rhyme.
Even REVOLTING FUGLIES can be by love transformed --
Now I LET OUR LOVE SING -- F(orte)
And let your heart be warmed!
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