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"So, let us come," the walrus said
And toiled and twithed and torked.
Yet no one ever came,
and nothing ever worked.

The walrus slithered softly, softly,
Not to hear the word.

The word, the word! What was the word?
Lost amidst the squill!
But nothing ever came of it,
And nothing ever will.

The walrus slithered slowly, soundly,
as its purpose blurred.

The love was lost, the slish was lost,
and slished and sloshed and slid!
But nothing ever came of it;
Nothing ever did.

The walrus stopped abruptly... sharply...
Never to have heard.
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I heard a song with the word "walrus" in it today and remembered this poem I wrote when I was 14 or 15. I didn't remember the whole thing, but a Google search showed I already posted it in a poetry thread on the EvaGeeks forums when I was 18.

I did write other poetry, but have forgotten most of it.

I can't speak for the poem's quality and am posting it mainly as a "here's something I made seven or eight years ago" curiosity rather than as art.

According to the EvaGeeks post, "It's rather Lewis Carroll-style, but not intentionally. The opening line certainly semi-consciously came from The Walrus and the Carpenter, though."
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:iconsergeantluke:
Is this where you got your old username from?
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:iconnaveryw:
Nope.

Walruses were a running joke in eighth grade, specifically tied to Ramon Osborn.
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:iconplastiware:
I assume it's because "Walrus" is reminiscent of "Walstrom", his surname.
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:iconsergeantluke:
I assumed that too, yeah. Deepercutt made the same observation.
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