Mercy on Mrrzy,
Who tripped on a stair,
Who staggered and stumbled,
On the concrete edge there.
Her poor leg is swollen
And purple and green
The yewgliest Owie
That we've ever seen!
She cannot go dancing
On the staircase from hell,
So mercy on Mrrzy,
Let us hope she gets well.

Meriwether Phogbottum III
Doggerel from Northwestern Climes
Gravite, Masse, and Fource, eds.
Sheboygan, 1967