My OperaDear Diary, To: Whom It May Concern ----- IF -------
By Wizardlokutus-prime. Saturday, December 6, 2008 9:04:24 AM
To: Whom It May Concern
----- IF -------
If all you ever showed were lists
that hint The Winner is on there
but then allowed a fog to fill
the pages where so many care,
If every name you placed right now
is there because of lobbyied votes
or loud "hoozahhhhs!" or 'silly' notes,
If you have never had a place
for poets, or never knew a rhyming-plan,
then I must say it's rather odd
you missed out me, The Rhyming Man,
If you declaim that black is white
and then allow that day is night
but print more lists to prove You're bright,
and then sit back while we must think
the whole ship leaks and may well sink,
Then you have earned a nom-de-plume
that tells the world you're out of tune
with what "best" means in widest measure
when used by you, as some mock-treasure,
And If you ever try again,
sparing us all from hurt-pride-pain,
then may it fall to you to know
that many viewed your several lists with woe
and in the weaving to-and-fro
you dealt a many fingered blow
to aspirants and all who dreamed
of votes counted in a well-run scheme,
but then found lists drawn and re-drawn
and saw their chosen 'fail' in one bleak morn.
If you can learn from all this and admit
you fumbled with the ball but then dropped it,
then I believe that you might organise
a future competition with a better enterprise,
(not based on bollywood or frantic lists
whose veracity is undone)
and, what is more, you'll be an organizer, my son.
(c) L Prime
