Poetry of Issue #8        Page 8

Whose Word Was It, Anyhow?

He said she said she was shelling sea shells at the Seychelles sea shore, not shilling Seychelles sea shellers selling sea shells door-to-door, furthermore,
she was pickling Peter Piper’s hot pickled peppers, not picking Pete’s unpicked peppers,
so before he said any more (like he did before),
he ranted she recanted what
he first said she said,
when at first
he said
she
said.

(Note: A reverse Fibonacci format based on syllable
count: 34, 21, 13, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1)

Ken Gosse