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Submissions are invited of poetry to commemorate the life and mourn the death of DS2's guinea pig

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Threadworm · 22/01/2009 10:11

Died yesterday after a mercifully short illness.

In Memoriam

So, farewell then
Beetle.
That was not your real name.

Internet paranoia has made me choose
An alias.
And Keith's mum says that Beetle is
A very good name
For a guinea pig.

Especially one that was black and fat.
That was probably what killed you.
Being so fat
I mean.

E. J. Thread, aged 17 and a half.

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GiraffeAHolic · 22/01/2009 10:49

That's fine editorial rights can be discussed at a later date

wingandprayer · 22/01/2009 10:49

Noble furry pet
You roam eternal lawns now
Unfettered by size

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Threadworm · 22/01/2009 10:48

oo, x-post. Reading Tsar now.

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Original poster
Threadworm · 22/01/2009 10:47

Excellent! I suggest a tweak to line 2, for the sake of accuracy:

'The bedroom carpet where you pooed.'

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TsarChasm · 22/01/2009 10:45

When will you be publishing your anthology. That is excellent.

My submission shall be more in the style of Betjeman....

Oh guinea pig
Sadly departed
Empty hutch
Broken hearted

No more chopp-ed apple needed
Lettuce bowl
Forlorn un-heeded

Shoe box coffin
Tea towel shroud
Funeral drum
and sobbing loud

Oh well mum that's all over
Can I have I a dog called Rover?

GiraffeAHolic · 22/01/2009 10:45

The cage where once you munched your food,
The bedroom carpet that you chewed.
The sawdust where you made you bed,
The paper where you laid your head.
All these things will bring to mind,
thoughts of a guinea pig,oh so kind.

In guinea pig heaven, now you lay,
In God's giant wheel, now you play.
I hope it's fun in guinea pig heaven,
And I think your name was really ....Kevin!

R.I.P

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Threadworm · 22/01/2009 10:33

Thank you for your thoughts wing

I am genuinely a bit upset (as well as having fun). It was sad putting his rigid little body in a hole in the ground. And we did not expect him to die for years.

More poems, please, anyone.

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wingandprayer · 22/01/2009 10:24

My condolences on his loss.

Brilliant Thrib style btw