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Alice’s Adventures in Warmerland (Part 2)

Michael Kile

Jan 31 2010

9 mins

[Part 1 of Alice’s Adventures in Warmerland is here] 

Tweedledum and Tweedledoom 

Tweedledum and Tweedledoom,
We are the best of friends;
One of us is full of gloom,
The other makes no sense.
One thinks outside the box,
The other’s keen on socks;
One thinks inside the square,
The other likes bugs that stare;
One has done the hard yards,
The other’s keen on leotards;
One makes castles in the air,
The other tends to stand and stare;
One’s a high priest of Climate Strange,
The other has a dog with mange;
One’s upset by Bozone Warming
The other’s into global mourning;
One drives an ancient Cadillac,
The other’s a thermo-maniac;
One has bouts of flatulence,
The other’s fond of frankincense;
One’s a student of inner gases,
The other’s keen on Sunday masses;
One likes things cut and dried, with chilli,
The other’s only happy when he’s being silly.
                      
[The Tweedle Duet ] 

Alice and the Magic Pudding had not gone far into the Old Growth Forest when they came to a junction….

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