Poem (#1) for 01/25/02 by Benjamin M. Walsh:

"A Celebration of Sesquipedalia"

When lepidoptera attack,

And threaten to protract your fusty gewgaws

Into protruberance,

Vamoose. And leave

An abacus as vanguard

To the sound of your bucolic chocolate-box retreat

Played on a bugle.

And when you're a fugitive alfresco

Beware of antedations in cause-and-effect relationships.

And don't drink too much on your antepenultimate potation, lest you grow inebriated.

You vapid annelid! You're not fleeing, are you?

Oh well. WYSIWYG, at least you're honest.

Did I ever say how calorific you are?

Bootless.