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ILLUSTRIOUS SUPPORTER
My name, frankly, is famous
Seen up in lights
“The Caine Mutiny,”
starring none less than Bogey.
Incomparable “Citizen Kane.”
I know they’re differently spelled
*but a Cane by any other name
does sound as sweet.
I’ve been lauded in song.
Like “Whoops there goes another…”
Wait, wait that's not it...oh yeah…
“C&H pure Cane sugar from Hawaii”
...da duh da duh da
And speaking of sugar...
I am immortalized
by the red & white striped
Christmas confection.
With the exception
of that guy in Genesis,
whom by the way was kicked out long ago
from Club de Nom Honoré,
Cane is by and large a respected name.
I have a perpetual Cane-do attitude
My primary role in life?
To keep this, somewhat Cane-tankerous older gent
upright, mobile, smiling bright, and happy in life.
I just Canen’t help it...
I’m a giver.
Note: If invited to a top hat and tails gig,
I can give you the number to my hoighty toighty walkingstick cousin.
Seen up in lights
“The Caine Mutiny,”
starring none less than Bogey.
Incomparable “Citizen Kane.”
I know they’re differently spelled
*but a Cane by any other name
does sound as sweet.
I’ve been lauded in song.
Like “Whoops there goes another…”
Wait, wait that's not it...oh yeah…
“C&H pure Cane sugar from Hawaii”
...da duh da duh da
And speaking of sugar...
I am immortalized
by the red & white striped
Christmas confection.
With the exception
of that guy in Genesis,
whom by the way was kicked out long ago
from Club de Nom Honoré,
Cane is by and large a respected name.
I have a perpetual Cane-do attitude
My primary role in life?
To keep this, somewhat Cane-tankerous older gent
upright, mobile, smiling bright, and happy in life.
I just Canen’t help it...
I’m a giver.
Note: If invited to a top hat and tails gig,
I can give you the number to my hoighty toighty walkingstick cousin.
Published 29th Jul 2018
Author's Note
This piece is inspired by the "Personification" competition.
*A nod to William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” Act II, Scene II
*A nod to William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” Act II, Scene II
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29th Jul 2018 9:47pm
You really raise cane with this one Gahdess. Fine work, and good luck with that comp!
