I offer purple lemonade 
to Ted and also to our Trade,  
for praising what some see as crime 
my postings, most of which in rhyme. 
It never ceases to amaze 
that some have just veneer and glaze,  
they stand and say they will debate 
they call you names (and sometimes Mate)  
but when it comes then to the crunch 
they may have gone to grab some lunch. 
Malont of course must do his chores 
like doing dishes, mopping floors,  
if Momma rings her little bell 
he runs (avoiding Holy Hell)  
so you can see, that he declines 
all contact with those verbal mines,  
and then, there is that little matter 
that he will see things on a platter 
of quality and intellect 
and rightfully he may suspect 
conspiracy and sheer intrigue,  
which lives outside his little league. 
Deep down, he knows about IQ 
about the taming of the shrew 
and that is why a little man 
will brag as often as he can. 
As if assertion were a tool 
to make a poet of a fool
Herbert Nehrlich
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thoughts-on-wednesday/