Propinquity Needed



Celestine Silvousplait Justine de Mouton Rosalie,
    A coryph�e who lived and danced in naughty, gay Paree,
    Was every bit as pretty as a French girl e'er can be
                        (Which isn't saying much).

    Maurice Boulanger (there's a name that would adorn a king),
    But Morris Baker was the name they called the man I sing.
    He lived in New York City in the Street that's labeled Spring
                        (Chosen because it rhymed).

    Now Baker was a lonesome youth and wanted to be wed,
    And for a wife, all over town he hunted, it is said;
    And up and down Fifth Avenue he ofttimes wander�d
                        (He was a peripatetic Baker, he was).

    And had he met Celestine, not a doubt but Cupid's darts
    Would in a trice have wounded both of their fond, loving hearts;
    But he has never left New York to stray in foreign parts
                        (Because he hasn't the price).

    And she has never left Paree and so, of course, you see
    There's not the slightest chance at all she'll marry Morris B.
    For love to get well started, really needs propinquity
                        (Hence my title).
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Submitted by halel on July 27, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX BBBC DDAX EEEX AACX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,148
Words 184
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Charles Battell Loomis

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  • JLane
    Well done.
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