Brian Frou'ds Pöngö by Fuego fatuo. Link to artist's website.
Pöngö's Lament
By Pöngö...I'm HERE! SEE ME!!
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I’m Pöngö with a history
But it’s not written down for me
This poem I write for you to see
The Pöngö that I want to be
My family has a home somewhere
I think…they might…I’m not aware
I’d like to know, but do you care?
Don’t laugh at me! You best beware!
My interests?…well, I just don’t know
For Mr. Froud just wouldn’t show
Any past where I could go
I just wander to-and-fro
Do I guard the Goblin King?
That would explain the armor-thing
Why am I in poet’s ring?
How did I write this verse I sing?
O, Master Bregg, help fill my page
Left empty by THAT Goblin sage
Whose art, I’m told, is all the rage
He did not like me much, I’d wage!
Theo van Joolen©2010
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I’m Pöngö with a history
But it’s not written down for me
This poem I write for you to see
The Pöngö that I want to be
My family has a home somewhere
I think…they might…I’m not aware
I’d like to know, but do you care?
Don’t laugh at me! You best beware!
My interests?…well, I just don’t know
For Mr. Froud just wouldn’t show
Any past where I could go
I just wander to-and-fro
Do I guard the Goblin King?
That would explain the armor-thing
Why am I in poet’s ring?
How did I write this verse I sing?
O, Master Bregg, help fill my page
Left empty by THAT Goblin sage
Whose art, I’m told, is all the rage
He did not like me much, I’d wage!
Theo van Joolen©2010