Float like a butterknife,
sting like a tree:
look in the Miro, boy,
you ain't pretty like me.
Float like a butterknife,
sting like a tree:
look in the Miro, boy,
you ain't pretty like me.
Comments
chuck | May 15, 2009 - 17:41
No other title could possibly do.
threeleafshamrock | May 16, 2009 - 10:33
Great! Filled me with dyslexia. ;)
Dynamaso | May 19, 2009 - 00:11
Funny, surreal and very enjoyable.
aqk | June 3, 2009 - 08:07
Heartiest congratulations for a well deserved cherry.I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
It is just my humble openion, but If you change
Float like a butterknife,
sting like a tree:
To
Float like a butterknife,
sting like an acacia tree:
It will improve the metre of this poem.
Ewan | June 3, 2009 - 09:36
Well, I take your point about the metre of the poem; however if I were going to work on it further I would change the last line.
Changing the second in the manner you suggest would take it too far from Muhammed Ali's original:
'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee': his own description of his style of boxing.
regards
Ewan
aqk | June 3, 2009 - 10:48
Oh, I see. I had forgotton Muhammed Ali's original:
'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee':
In that context, your version is better.
Best regards.
aqk