A shoe, by inserting 'r', would be a shore,
littered perhaps with sea shells and more.
A shelf, if we drop the 'sh', would be an elf ……,
perhaps a tiny version of myself.
Add 'f' to an ox and it becomes a fox.
Switch 's' for 'f' and you'd have a pair of sox.
Replace 'c' with 't', and chicken soup will thicken.
Add 'f' and 't' and as will quicken.
Precede ill with 'p', and I've got my pill.
To make liquor, add 's' to the preposition till.
Drop 'ous' from gorgeous and you'll have a ravine.
Without 'ss' a prince would never be a queen.
Add 'ar' to a million dolls and you'll be rich.
Tack a 'b' to your itch and you've got a bitch.
(Feb.10,2012)
leave it to John Westlake, a good PH friend to have, to point out that i needed to drop a 'p' from dropp to make drop. i must have had a drop too much liquor from my still. HOWEVER (and i'm not gloating [much], i think he didn't get what i was trying to do with the ar! ha ha. bri :) thanks, John aka Profanisaurus.
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I would like to translate this poem
i now don't understand the last line of stanza 2. :) OH! now i 'get it'. f + as + t....fast! i AM brilliant! ! ! bri ;)