Have You Ever Heard Of An Ikinzoo Owl? Poem by Richard D Remler

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Have you ever heard of an Ikinzoo Owl?
Or a Blue-Bellied, Tozzle-Moffed Took?
Have you ever seen even one Pflittleflufly?
Or haven't you fancied the look?

It doesn't take much just to sneak a quick peek
At that Flue-Feathered, Three-Toed, Yellow-Winged Cacique.
And it won't mind it a bit, if you take that quick look.
And will probably never remember the look that you took.

Those Dopple-Doed Daw's from North-Eastern, South-West,
Are as easy to find as a Beezle-Bugs nest.
They have no sense of direction, they haven't yet found
If the up part is up, or if the up part is down.

And, the odds are against you, for chances are high,
You've yet to see a Many-Eyed Itch wander by.
Many-Eyed Itches are quite a rare find.
To find one you'll need luck of the luckiest kind.

In fact, the odds are so odd, and the chances so slim,
You'll never find more than a spot and a whim
Of half a half Itch as it hides in the din
From the Monstrous You as you come barging in.

The Sap-Sucking Snizz from the Coasts of Mahktall
Are not too hard to find. Oh no, not at all.
They're everywhere, everyplace, sucking up sap,
Just before and right after they've taken their nap.

Have you ever heard of a Twizzle-Toed Toff?
Who's toes twizzle so often they cough and they cough
Far into the morning and right before bed?
Hacking and hooting 'til they're red in the head!

No? Why, I'd have guessed that the answer was yes.
I'd have fashioned an awful big yes as my guess.
Twizzle-Toed Toff's are not rare, not a bit.
All you do is look, and you'll see one lickety-split!

Have you ever heard of a Buggle-Nosed Snodd?
Or a Green-Eared, Three-Headed G'Nute?
Have you ever seen but one Popple-Topped Phfizz?
Or a Fugel-Flocked, Many-Horned, Nevel-Winged Pflute?

Have you ever heard of a BarBerry Duck?
It's a barmy, odd dabbler, and with a wee bit of luck
You can find one, or three, near that old BarBerry Loam,
In an old box of tea that they tend to call home.

Have you ever seen a Greenbean Wildersnitt?
The kind with plumed feathers and a bobble on it?
You haven't? Well, that is a terrible shame, such a pity,
To have never seen even on in our fair and fine city.

Have you ever heard of a Fuzzle-Eared Fligg?
The oddisly odd Fuzzle-Eared Fligg from Zinnzaire?
This Fuzzle-Eared Fligg is the pick of the crop
If you ever plan a trip to the way, way out there.

It seems rather selfish of me then to selfishly ask
If you've ever heard of a Nozzle-Nosed Flask.
A little pest of a bird, should you ever find
One of those Nozzle-Nosed Flask's taking up all your time.

It seems hard to believe, and I can believe quite a bit,
That you've yet to see a Greenbean Wildersnitt.
Or a Tozzle-Moffed Took, or a Popple-Toffed Phfizz.
It is a little bit odd, yes it is. Yes, it is...

To have missed every Twozitt that skittles the sky,
Or that Hippillopottomus Bear that oft wanders by.
And the Pflittlefluefly that whispers by on the breeze,
Leaving their Pflittlefluefly-fingered nests in all of these tree's.

And to have never seen an Ikinzoo Owl hoot and howl,
Or a Webb-Footed Gobbtrotter trott.
Seems you're missing much more than ever before,
For you've been missing a respectable lot.


Copyright © MMX Richard D. Remler


**A Children's Tale**