We Didn’t Start the Writer

By Garth F., a friend of the Okal Rel Universe, Feb 2006

(with apologies to Billy Joel)

 

WebCT, C.T.L.

     Scantron broken? Go to hell

          J-peg G.I.F.

              Powerpoint - huge photograph

Put my presentation in it

     got a class in 30 minutes

          see the panic in my eyes

              cause I'm never organized

 

Rich crooks cash they took

     flogging tired wired books

          in-tent – out it went

              profit stops creative content

Lynda Williams, paladin

     I.P.-free curriculum

          Creative Commons, E.F.F.

              and dynamic content!

 

We didn’t start the writer

     the serfs are always dying

     since the Vrel been flying

She gets a blast thru writing

     and it's a blast akin

     to getting lost in skim


Logging, blogging

     writing every single minute

          got an Inbox on her desktop

              got a thousand emails in it

Two posts get her ten

     vicious circle, hitting send

          stopping writing means two years

              before replies catch up again

 

Tolkien was joking

     to pass the Valar to his son

          all the books by Herbert's boy

              were never read by anyone

Zoom us up to 2020

     Okal Rel, franchise-ready

          votaries by the score

              Angie, Tegan, Jennie,  more!

 

Horth never joined the choir

     the serfs are always dying

     since the Vrel been flying

She gets a blast thru writing

     and it's a blast akin

     (vanilla-scented skin)

     to getting lost in skim


Brad Pitt half-wit 

     such a fit and pretty bore 

          handsome little make believer

              never danced around a sword

Am-el, not an actor

     conscience once was quite a factor

          here’s a star who’s never lax

              like to see Brad pull two skim-facs

 

All told, quite bold

     writer turning thirty-nine

          creative people all around her

              and her worlds have gone online

Building worlds 1, 2, 3

     Up at university

          Rire Earth and Gelion

              Which one would be most fun to dwell on?

    

She never made it quiet

     the serfs are always dying

     since the Vrel been flying

She gets a blast thru writing

     and it's a blast akin

          (vanilla-scented skin)

          to getting lost in skim

          with half-nude Mekanst’an

          results in supervision..

this just goes on and on and on and on and Anne and Von…

 

Impressions of Amel

 

Alison's Graphic of Palace on Barmi II

Lynda with Rel Symbol