The Booley & the Fiend

The Booley is getting rather brave.

 

The Booley was not in court

to hear the sentence passed

He had in fact, it was first thought

very nearly breathed his last

The Woold had then true said

from out of his sick bed

that such bravery was past remarkable

The Woold he then went on

with superb discrete aplomb

to detail how indefatigable

Booley it now seems

in pursuit of all his dreams

had courted some sudden disaster

and in following these grand schemes

some very foul fiend

(as referred now ever after)

had anounced himself in breath

stinking of great stealth

and ruined an evenings pleasant rapture

Whereupon Booley had come charged

with easy scant disregard

for safety or indeed (quoth Woold) for fame

And said, I will now Sir, put paid to you just there

all foolishness and indeed your claim

The fiend he then replied

Oh fear and well complied

Your tremble doth become this demesne

For I perchance now will, for good or yet for ill

use damning all the force that I command

Not to be so daunted our brave Booley

then shouted out this truly

Begone you stinking & foul cur,

your causing such a stir

not for a moment will us deter

The villain he soon went

from where ever he'd been sent

with no trouble,  the Booley, ah he was grand

But alas all this foul usury

did made him feel quite poorly

and this adventure he could not withstand

So to bed he soon hist

so much so he then missed

the court ruling in complete differentia

when all fiends in likely absentia

 were of course summarily banned.

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Be sure to read all the adventures of Booley and his friend The Woold.

Reviews

[Ani Ashford]

Oh I look forward to reading more of these adventures. I love the old words and phrases that give this piece such an 'antique' flavour, along with the rhyme and metre.

Not to be so daunted our brave Booley

then shouted out this truly

Begone you stinking & foul cur,

your causing such a stir

not for a moment will us deter

This brings to mind how many times in my own life courage was important, especially after feeling fear generated by someone or something else. Your words feel like magic is afoot... :) Ahhh the true magic is in the seeing, knowing, doing and being... I want to see what else Booley is about. Thanks.

[Phil Sanders]

Interesting ..............

[Emily B]

I'm with Ron. The adventures of Booley. Something like T.S. Eliot's Book of Practical Cats. I can see it.

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Clever and humorous. Great flow to the piece as well. Thank you.
Light,
Siddartha

[Caitbabie008]

Nice write!

[R J Askew]

Can you illustrate the Booley? I can see the fiend as an escapee from a Bosche hellscape, one of those legs with a sort of head full of teeth on top of it. Sadly the way things are the Booley will always be disturbed by a knock on the door 'Market Research, Bangalore. How many trips to you make to the Macclesfield Shop-a-rama Retail sExperience Mr. Booley...'