What A Fibber! Poem by Denis Martindale

Fibberflop was a gentle soul,
no body just a soul
and like all of his species
had wandered the vast stretch of the Cosmos
looking for his soulmate.
One day he met her
and she and he were quite sure
all would lead to their version of love and marriage.
So he divided in half and so did she
and their halves united with the other halves
and different souls came into being.
The new male soul called himself Fibberflop Junior
and the female soul never revealed her name at all.
Typical secretive female, always wanting to seem mysterious.
Well, off she wandered never to be encountered again.
Fibberflop Junior soon got over her
when he met Suzanna the Sixth.
So he got all excited, as you do…
and so did Suzanna the Sixth for that matter.
Their halves were doing their thing
and new souls were created.
Off they went into deepest space,
but I ran out of fuel and that's why
my spaceship has been stranded here for weeks.
My telepathic powers can't reach that far away…
I have never felt so flipping alone…
I should have minded my own business…
But it's too late now…


Denis Martindale June 2020.