The State of the Game: Part 3

The great AFL did swallow a fly.

I don’t know why it swallowed that fly?

Perhaps it will die?

 

So the AFL did swallow a spider.

Which wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don’t know why it swallowed the fly.

Perhaps it will die?

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a bird.

How absurd to swallow a bird.

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider.

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don’t know why it swallowed the fly.

Perhaps it will die?

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a cat.
Imagine that! It swallowed a cat!

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly

Perhaps it will die.

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a dog.
What a hog, to swallow a dog!

It swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly.

Perhaps it will die.

 

There was an AFL that behaved like a goat.
It just opened its throat and swallowed a goat!

It swallowed the goat to catch the dog,

It swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly.

Perhaps it will die!

 

There was an AFL that swallowed a rule
I don’t know how it swallowed a rule!

Perhaps it mistook it for a mule.

It swallowed the rule to catch the goat,

It swallowed the goat to catch the dog,

It swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

It swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

It swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

It swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don’t know why it swallowed a fly.

Perhaps it will die.

 

 

There was an AFL that swallowed itself.

And this AFL was ten times bigger than an elf!

It swallowed itself to catch a rule.

A rule that it discovered was very cruel.

I don’t know why it did all of this.

But I know it did start with a touch of hubris.

 

Perhaps it will die?

 

More from Dips and State of the Game, part 1 HERE, and part 2 HERE

 

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