Vocabulary Test Poem by Donal Mahoney

'Twit or twerp,
that is the question, '
said the turtle
very worried
to another turtle
checking his iPad
in the student center.
'You're either
a twit or twerp.
Which is it?
That is the question.
I have to know.
There's a vocabulary
test tomorrow.'

The other turtle said,
'I'm a twerp, I guess,
because I'm a male.
Only a male can be a twerp.
It takes a female to be a twit.'

The turtle
very worried
checked his iPhone,
paused and said,
'I met a twit the other day.
She had a buxom shell
and legs to crawl for.
We had breakfast together
on the football field,
dandelions au dew.
It looked like a great date
till I met her roommate.
Turned out to be a snapper.
What a ditz! '