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Question: Phoenix #3 for Playwright's School!. Is it too long!?
Neonman and Theodocious Dagmartin inspired this one!.

Flash! Phoenix Gets Hooked on Poetry!
by Elaine P

NASA: Callin’ Phoenix!. Come in, Phoenix!.
Phoenix: Whoa! Who’re you!?
N: I am someone who speaks proper English!.
P: Where’s the other guy!?
N: We put him to work in Customer Service!.
Enough of this chattin’!. Report!.
P: I can speak proper English now also!.
I have been studyin’!.
N: What have you learned!?
P: I learned to write a poem!.
N: You are not programmed to write poetry!
P: I have been speakin’ to this mathematician on line!.
He also writes poems!.
N: A mathematician who writes poems!?
Have you lost your gourd!?
P: I am essentially a computer!.
I was not created with a gourd!.
N: That was just a figure of speech!.
P: Speakin’ of figures and speeches, wanna, oops, sorry,
DO YOU WANT to hear my poem!?
N: Might as well!. Nothin’ goin’ down here!.
P: Okay, here goes:
I like………!.algebra
geometry…!.!.calculus
chemistry…!.and trigees!.
N: That is not a poem! It does not even rhyme!
P: Poems don’t gotta… sorry, I mean HAFTA, rhyme!.
N: Yes, they do!!
P: I’m gonna, oops, I AM GOING to ask my Teacher!.
I’ll get back to you…!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
A friendly !. !. !. Bee sting
and kind !. !. !. Jolts
gesture, !. !. !. !. Awaking
A love !. !. !. !. !. !. FuryWww@QuestionHome@Com

I'll tell you about HAFTA
Afta
We get out of NAFTA!.
(Cue the canned lafta!.)

P!.S!. I'm glad you blamed T!.D!. and Neonman, I'm a big fan of one-liners!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

neato!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Proper English and hafta!.!.!.!.only from Mars! lol Well said and enjoyable to read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like the way you think!. Very creative!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I HAFTA think about this whole thing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Houston - I think we have a problem !.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Keep it up! These are such fun to read and definitely give spirits a lift!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I hafta say, this is a great poem!Www@QuestionHome@Com