Now Shaurya started it all. How he did it I dunno, but he had this brainwave for a prose counterpart of limericks. He calls the thing limeprose, as in leemay-prose. In the evolutionary scale, changewise, it's still self-replicating amino acid. But the good thing is that Shaurya has not forbade us to assist the thingy in reproducing itself. And here I am, doing unmentionable things with an unevolved idea.
The first thing I'll do to the thing is to rename it: Limeyrock. Sorry Shaurya, but, oh well, why bother. You don't even know that I've done this.
After renaming, I'll offer a sample of a limeyrock, which is not close to limerick at all, just formless prose as I like it. A hint of the Absurd too:
"Way to go", said Diego.
I, "But we don't have to rhyme."
He, "All in good time."
I insist, "But this is prose."
Callous Diego, "Oh, really? How gross!"
However, by then I was thoroughly disgusted
By Diego's vapid carelessness
And, being the creator, decided
To take firmer control of the creative process and made everything prosaic
Except the verse-like form,
Which I kept as a concession to Diego,
Who inspired it all in the first place.
(This a repeat from a private networking site. I kinda like it. It's a nice limeyrock. Just try reciting this in a party after a lil bit of self-deprecating preening and watch how it falls like a rock in the conversation and sinks in it. I know I'm pushing it, but try Vodka lime while doing that.)
Now you try.
PS: Did you guys know Anoushka Shankar writes rather pleasant absurd verses in English? Must be her curly hair.
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3 comments:
Leave aside you post modern pretensions for a minute Dip Narayan, and for godsake leave the Absurd alone. Stick to Milton - loved that.
My my my...I love it. You finally using the legit blog way instead of calling up to leave ur comments.
Everbody knows that the Absurd is just a step away from parodying Milton.
'Everybody' hunh? What's next? 'The Castle of Perseverance'?
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