People come and people go
There are many that I know
Some are cool, the rest are squares
Some resemble grizzly bears
“That’s doggerel, man. When did you write it?”
“When I was eleven.”
“You still remember it?”
“It was good for somebody that age.”
“Well, the first couplet is a throwaway, though I like the way the third line simplistically defines the universe of human beings. But how does introducing grizzly bears amplify the dichotomy in the previous line?”
“Remember, this was 1959; bears reminded me of hip beatniks with goatees—not fearsome omnivores.”
“It still needs work, dude.”
There are many that I know
Some are cool, the rest are squares
Some resemble grizzly bears
“That’s doggerel, man. When did you write it?”
“When I was eleven.”
“You still remember it?”
“It was good for somebody that age.”
“Well, the first couplet is a throwaway, though I like the way the third line simplistically defines the universe of human beings. But how does introducing grizzly bears amplify the dichotomy in the previous line?”
“Remember, this was 1959; bears reminded me of hip beatniks with goatees—not fearsome omnivores.”
“It still needs work, dude.”
