| “I won't! I won't!”
raved the Ugly Grunch.
“I'll never do it, again! This is positively the very last time!” And he, too, went herrilly fenn. |
| This excerpt is from one of three
short narrative poems originally published in OPUS, the CalPoly, Pomona Quarterly.
It is also the one I told at David Pinto's party that set up “The Twaddle
and the Gurck!” I admit I am especially fond of it. Coaches,
bandleaders, scoutleaders, producers, directors, shop foremen or anyone
else who has ever had to manage a crew will know exactly what I mean.
— Travis
Edward Pike, 2008
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