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Botaniwocky

Peter Cole

'Twas Byblis and the sepal traps
did gland and grumous in the whorl
All motile were the bladderworts
and the monstrose unfurled

Beware the involute my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the gibberelin, shun
the fulgid ringent bract

He took his falcate sword in hand:
Long time the midrib foe he sought
So rested he by the terete tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uncate thought he stood,
The involute, with eyes of flame,
Came noddling through the torose wood,
And bullate as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vasculate went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went glabrescent back.

And hast thou slain the Involute?
Come to my arms, my basal boy!
O furcate day! Cauline! Caudate!
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas Byblis and the sepal traps
did gland and grumous in the whorl
All motile were the bladderworts
and the monstrose unfurled

This is written in the carnivorous plant dialect of Botany. A glossary of the terms used can be found in the Carnivorous Plants glossary and dictionary.

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