When I ape Little Lord Fauntleroy
My intent's to bring unalloyed joy.
Using terms recondite
I attempt to delight
Those who've risen above hoi polloi.
The use of uncommon words herein is part of the reason this blog isn't read more widely. However, I refuse to "dumb it down" (though that may sporadically and unintentionally occur.) Thanks to my other posters for keeping the bar raised.
Those above hoi polloi, as you've seen
ReplyDeleteAre fewer and farther between.
So a 'big word' omission
Is not a submission
To dumbing it down; that sounds mean.
Your intelligence still will shine through
Without uncommon words to aid you
Well, I have to admit
That your wisdom and wit
Is already a hit, tried and true.
Why appease just the erudite few
When the rest want to understand too
All still know that you're smart
That a lim'rick's an art
And so, for the most part, I do too!
See? My own vocab's sometimes inept
Yet it's what you still seem to accept
Have I kept the bar raised?
For at times I've been praised
Though my word list, at times, may have slept.