Watch Out, there’s a Baghdaelf about!
The constable shouted out.
So hide your purse,
And stow your coin
For he’s a rascal true.
No man’s coin is safe from him
When he decides to claim it.
Protect what’s yours
And he’ll move on
To Cambry Town below.
Author notes
Watch Out, there’s a Baghdaelf about!
A contest entry
- The Great Slogan Challenge by lowercase prelude.
700 points, ended June 23, 2008, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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where did my coin go? i just had it, right here! lol
good take on the slogan. -
Hehe! I like this. It reads like a Shel Silverstein poem.


