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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Carrolling II-Parody Lewis CARROLL–The Mad Gardener’s Song</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Carolling II</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He Thought He Saw</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw new Internet<br>exchanging peer to peer, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>a mirage for each year<br>sees more control, “what rôle, ” he said, <br>“for values once held dear? <br>Some track to trace attack and get<br>convictions based on fear.'<br> <br>He dreamt he saw spam disappear, <br>all consultations free, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>a spybot lottery.<br>“Is net neutrality”, he said, <br>“from rash risks viral clear? ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He dreamt that Microsoft would steer<br>all trash deleted fast, <br>then woke to find world insincere<br>where independence past<br>was sacrificed throughout the year<br>to biometrics ghast. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw a friend’s hello, <br>with an attachment piece, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>the porno scanning police.<br>“Politically correct”, he said, <br>“can’t guarantee release.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He opened it, discovered though, <br>a trojan horse to fleece –<br>he looked again as data flow<br>declined, - mind not at peace -<br>and whispered with voice hoarse and low: <br>'when will our worries cease? ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw a hierophant, <br>who’d deal successful life, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>subpoena from ex-wife<br>demanding child support, he said, <br>“cards are cut by Time’s knife.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He looked once more with rage and rant<br>and swore like a fishwife<br>'gainst email, angry curses chant<br>upon trouble and strife*.<br>“At length I see that permanent<br>deletion should suffice! ”<br> <br>He thought he saw as he awoke, <br>That ‘Justice’ rhymed with ‘fair’<br>he looked again and found it was<br>a wish beyond repair, <br>“I ran, I rack, must soon”, he said, <br>“leave budget cupboards bare.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw the government<br>‘transparency’ uphold<br>he looked again and found it was<br>but wishful-thinking [b]old, <br>“Where burning Bush would Rove”, he said, <br>“checks, balance, are left cold.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He dreamt again as he awake<br>that dollar was not weak<br>then realized that Bush half bake<br>encouraged Euro peak: -<br>and understood as grave mistake<br>stump speeches some miss-speak. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">When politicians promise break<br>talk double-dutch or greek, <br>when vested int'rests claim a stake, <br>then budgets' rocked boats leak! <br>'I'll take my leave, leave them my take, <br>buck stops here, up the creek, <br>t'aint worth no dime, make no mistake, <br>why pay for oily sheik! '</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw society<br>free from injustice, fights, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>a vetoed Bill of Rights, <br>“Are global warming themes”, he said, <br>“hot air, conditionned nights? ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw that plain goodwill<br>would solve all woes world wide<br>he looked again and found it was<br>repeatedly denied, <br>“Some governments, alas! ” he said, <br>“the ‘Truth’ oft over-ride.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw that Equity<br>had re-established trust<br>he looked again and found it was<br>a market peak, soon bust, <br>“for vested int'rests rich, ” he said, <br>“I never could abide! ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw the Middle East<br>the sharia repeal<br>he looked again and found it was<br>a veil of tears. “A seal <br>to stifle progress fair, ” he said, <br>“Peace hopes diced in kriegspiel.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw Commission clerk<br>jump on bandwagon bus, <br>he looked again, just for a lark, <br>wrote down his mortgage plus<br>his assets, for they, he'd remark<br>weren't worth a tinker’s cuss.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Kyoto's bite bit dust as bark -<br>ratification fuss <br>stripped ice from Greenland, tidal mark<br>rose records all discuss.<br>U.S. as vulture oyster park<br>picked clean, naught left for US! </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw an open door, <br>that had no need for key, <br>he looked again, saw judgement poor, <br>and said: “Ah, woe is me! <br>How confidence we can restore<br>remains a mystery, <br>as what seemed clear is to the core<br>too shaken by decree! ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He recognized all argument<br>was vain as veil with Pope<br>who looked to answer heaven sent<br>to save old ways with hope -<br>to good intentions turned and meant<br>to reassure that scope<br>remained but promise soon found spent<br>by men who could not cope.<br> <br>He thought he saw terse verse spin on<br>till all complaints were healed, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>mirage, mistrust concealed, <br>'Cease fire! Enough, no more! ' he said, <br>and added, 'truth' revealed: <br>“Too long this rune has run to dogs! <br>let others rhyme free-wheeled! '</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"></a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">(Jonathan Robin 15 April 2007 Parody Lewis CARROLL Some Hallucinations The Mad Gardener's Dream Sylvie and Bruno Ch.5)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(For previous versions see below<br>Amalgamated and expanded 25 April 2008)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>Carolling II</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>He thought he saw new Internet<br>exchanging peer to peer, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>a mirage for each year<br>sees more control, “what rôle, ” he said, <br>“for values free from fear? ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw spam disappear, <br>All consultations free, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>a spybot lottery.<br>“Is Windows DoD”, he said, <br>“or from risks viral clear? ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw a friend’s hello, <br>With an attachment piece, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>the porno scanning police<br>“Politically correct”, he said, <br>“can’t guarantee release.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw a hierophant, <br>who’d deal successful life, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>subpoena from ex-wife<br>demanding child support, he said, <br>“Cards stacked are by Time’s knife.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw as he awoke, <br>That ‘Justice’ rhymed with ‘fair’<br>he looked again and found it was<br>a wish beyond repair, <br>“I ran, I rack, must soon”, he said, <br>“leave budget cupboards bare.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw the government<br>‘transparency’ uphold<br>he looked again and found it was<br>but wishful-thinking [b]old, <br>“Where burning Bush would Rove”, he said, <br>“checks, balance, are left cold.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw society<br>free from injustice, fights, <br>he looked again and found it was<br>a vetoed Bill of Rights, <br>“Are global warming themes”, he said, <br>“hot air, conditionned nights? ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw that plain goodwill<br>would solve all woes world wide<br>he looked again and found it was<br>repeatedly denied, <br>“Some governments, alas! ” he said, <br>“the ‘Truth’ just over-ride.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw that Equity<br>had re-established trust<br>he looked again and found it was<br>a market peak, soon bust, <br>“for vested int'rests rich, ” he said, <br>“the ‘Truth’ oft over-ride.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw the Middle East<br>the sharia repeal<br>he looked again and found it was<br>a veil of tears. “A seal <br>to stifle progress fair, ” he said, <br>“Peace hopes dice in kriegspiel.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw terse verse spin on<br>till all complaints were healed <br>he looked again and found it was<br>mirage, mistrust concealed, <br>“Too long this rune has run, ” he said, <br>“let others tune free-wheeled! '</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(15 April 2007 Parody Lewis CARROLL Some Hallucinations <br>The Mad Gardener's Dream Sylvie and Bruno Ch.5)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>She Thought She Saw</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">She thought she saw quite equal pay<br>afforded equal work, <br>she looked again and found it was<br>a most unusual quirk.<br>“That men should keep their cake, ” she said, <br>“and eat it too, must irk.”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">She thought she saw that light of day<br>would filter through each jerk, <br>she looked again and found it was<br>belief most held beserk.<br>“That men should nappies change, ” she said, <br>“would wipe off every smirk! ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">She thought she saw fair interplay<br>where men would never shirk, <br>she looked again and found it was<br>a most miasmic murk<br>where rights were flouted, - “Hey! ” she said, <br>“men stand, wait, feeble lurk! ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(15 April 2007 Parody Lewis CARROLL Some Hallucinations <br>The Mad Gardener's Dream Sylvie and Bruno Ch.5)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"></a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Carolling</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw an Internet<br>exchanging peer to peer, <br>he looked again and hedged his bet, -<br>by middle of next year<br>new routing tables tuned as yet<br>unknown may well appear –<br>on track to trace attack and get<br>convictions based on fear.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He dreamt that spam would disappear, <br>all trash deleted fast.<br>He dreamt that Windows would be clear<br>of viral bugs’ wormcast.<br>He woke to find world insincere<br>where independence past<br>was sacrificed throughout the year<br>to biometrics ghast.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw a friend’s hello<br>with an attachment piece, <br>he opened to discover, though, <br>a trojan horse release –<br>He looked again as data flow<br>declined, - mind not at peace -<br>and whispered with voice timbre low: <br>‘I’ll send for the Police! ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw a heirophant<br>predicting happy life.<br>He looked again, with rage and rant<br>discovered from ex-wife<br>an email angry claiming scant<br>support, which threatened strife: <br>“At length I see the immanent<br>attraction of Time’s knife! ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He dreamt he saw as he awake<br>the euro reach a peak, <br>he saw he dreamt that Bush half bake<br>would leave the dollar weak: -<br>he woke to find what grave mistake<br>was made for the next week<br>the politicians put a stake<br>in budget – rocked boats leak! </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw Commission clerk<br>jump on bandwagon bus, <br>he looked again, just for a lark, <br>and found no tinker’s cuss<br>the former cared for bite was bark -<br>ratification fuss -<br>U.S. as vulture oyster park<br>picked clean naught left for US! </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw an open door, <br>that had no need for key, <br>he looked again, saw judgement poor, <br>and said: “Ah, woe is me! <br>How confidence we can restore<br>remains a mystery, <br>as what seemed clear is to the core<br>too shaken by decree! ”</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He recognized all argument<br>was vain as veil with Pope<br>who looked to answer heaven sent<br>to save old ways with hope -<br>to good intentions turned and meant<br>to reassure that scope<br>remained but promise soon found spent<br>by men who could not cope...</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(20 June 2005 <br>Jonathan Robin <br>Parody Lewis CARROLL – The Mad Gardener’s Song)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>The Mad Gardener’s Song </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw an Elephant, <br>That practised on a fife: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>A letter from his wife. <br>'At length I realise, ' he said, <br>'The bitterness of Life! ' <br> <br>He thought he saw a Bufffalo <br>Upon the chimney-piece: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>His Sister's Husband's Niece. <br>'Unless you leave this house, ' he said, <br>'I'll send for the Police! ' <br> <br>He thought he saw a Rattlesnake <br>That questioned him in Greek: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>The Middle of Next Week. <br>'The one thing I regret, ' he said, <br>'Is that it cannot speak! ' <br> <br>He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk <br>Descending from the bus: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>A Hippopotamus. <br>'If this should stay to dine, ' he said, <br>'There won't be much for us! ' <br> <br>He thought he saw a Kangaroo <br>That worked a coffee-mill: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>A Vegetable-Pill. <br>'Were I to swallow this, ' he said, <br>'I should be very ill! '</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>He thought he saw a Coach-and-Four <br>That stood beside his bed: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>A Bear without a Head. <br>'Poor thing, ' he said, 'poor silly thing! <br>It's waiting to be fed! ' <br> <br>He thought he saw an Albatross <br>That fluttered round the lamp: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>A Penny-Postage Stamp. <br>'You'd best be getting home, ' he said: <br>'The nights are very damp! ' <br> <br>He thought he saw a Garden-Door <br>That opened with a key: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>A Double Rule of Three: <br>'And all its mystery, ' he said, <br>'Is clear as day to me! ' <br> <br>He thought he saw a Argument <br>That proved he was the Pope: <br>He looked again, and found it was <br>A Bar of Mottled Soap. <br>'A fact so dread, ' he faintly said, <br>'Extinguishes all hope! '</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(Lewis CARROLL C.L.D.)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"> <br>Who’d be a Poet? </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw the truth of life<br>As sex all unalloyed: <br>He looked again and saw it was<br>A yarn of Sigmund Freud: <br>If this sprang from the id, he said, <br>Its arguments are void.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw full many a gem<br>Of purest ray serene; <br>He looked again and saw it was<br>A dose of Mescalin: <br>The price of vision is, he said, <br>The headaches in between.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw the Holy Ghost<br>Lamenting in a mist: <br>He looked again and saw it was<br>An existentialist: <br>It may be that he’s right, he said, <br>But what a pessimist! </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He though he saw some golden boys<br>Our phoney world condemn: <br>He looked again and saw it was<br>Some pimply A.Y.M.: <br>A dose of Epsom Salts, he said, <br>Would ease the strain for them.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">He thought he saw a projectile<br>Desending from a height<br>To blow the human race to bits<br>And blast it out of sight: <br>He looked again and saw that he<br>Was absolutely right.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(Kenneth LILLINGTON 1916_1998 <br>Parody Lewis CARROLL – The Mad Gardener’s Song)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>Evolution</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">She sketched a husband strong and brave<br>On whom her heart might lean; <br>None but a hero would she have –<br>This girl of 17.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Her fancy subsequently turned<br>From deeds of derring do; <br>For brainy intercourse she yearned<br>When she was 22.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">The years sped on, ambition taught<br>A wordly-wise design; <br>A man of wealth was what she sought<br>When she was 29.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">But Time has modified her plan; <br>Weak, imbecile, or poor –<br>She’s simply looking for a man<br>Now she is 34.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=424804" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><br>(Author Unknown pseud PUNCH 10 <br>See Lewis CARROLL – The Mad Gardener’s Song)</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><a href="http://poems.citatepedia.com/">poem</a> by <strong><a rel="author" href="http://authors.citatepedia.com/by.php?a=Jonathan+Robin">Jonathan Robin</a></strong></div>