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THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:27 pm
by Cropduster
THE TOY MAKER

He proffered a puzzle to boggle the mind
To beguile bewilder and bamboozle mankind
to amuse and bemuse all those would choose
to attempt to make sense of this whimsical ruse

A curious puzzle, a conundrum indeed
With malicious intent should someone succeed
To fathom the matrix, to manoeuvre the maze
Would end in dejection, most certain malaise

The evil intent of this diabolical tool
Was to snare the unwary and inveigle the fool
Any poor soul who elucidated this ploy
Would themselves then become a Beelzebub toy

A plaything for Satan, a squeeze for Hades
The designer- The Devil, Mephistopheles

Copyright (c) Allan Cropper January 2015

Re: THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:33 pm
by Neville Briggs
I know... I know! Rubik's Cube.

Re: THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:36 pm
by Cropduster
Ha Neville

Not even the devil could come up with something as fiendish as the Rubik's cube

Allan

Re: THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:09 pm
by Neville Briggs
Talking about fiendish, Mephistopheles is very tricky to work into the metre and rhyming.
The standard pronunciation seems to be something like mef-uh-stof-uh-leez. accent on the third syllable. Sorry to be picky, the devil made me do it :)

Re: THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:12 pm
by Cropduster
Neville the Devil, right?

Re: THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:22 pm
by Neville Briggs
:roll:

Re: THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:48 pm
by Heather
He gets that a bit Allan! :lol:

Re: THE TOY MAKER

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:53 am
by Cropduster
So did my father :oops:

I admonished myself as soon as I had posted it :?