Inutile; The Prequel

The prequel to my poem "The Sum of all Gondoliers." I thought the main character needed some backstory. Reviews of this, and the original poem, would be greatly appreciated.

There was once a man named Inutile.

He was very peculiar and known to beguile.

I would not go so far as to call he senile,

but his strangeness was certainly hard to reconcile.

I should take this time to describe Inutile.

In truth, he always smelled slightly vile,

A little bit like rotten bile,

With a nose so large, it could be used as a missile.

As a child, Inutile went into exile

He made his abode in a smelly junk pile.

He soon befriended a social crocodile.

and they went on adventures to the Nile.

He and the croc traveled mile after mile

For they both hated to be immobile.

They decided to search for a new clothing style,

that would fit their unusual profile.

They brought some cloth to compile

But soon it started to become a stockpile.

They tried to sew it into a textile

But they quickly discovered it would take a while.

They decided to give up on this trial

And turn their attention to something more worthwhile.

"We should start a gondola company!" cried Inutile.

The croc didn't say anything because it was a crocodile.

"I'll take that as a yes." said Inutile.

He brought a gondola, which he named the Inutile-Mobile.

He feared that his efforts to start a company would be futile

Since he at times could be hostile.

His gondola company proved to be very fertile,

and he did business with a smile.

His company succeeded for a very long while,

even if his customers were slightly scared of the crocodile. 

To travel around the world in exile,

with only the company of a crocodile,

to start a gondola company that proved worthwhile,

Such is the story of the strange Inutile.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading! Reviews and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Reviews

[Flopp]

Haha! I really like the topic of the poem because it reminds me of my childhood. Not being judgemental, I think the rhyming here is a little bit forced. Otherwise, everything else is "croc-king" (cracking) good!

[ReadsAtDances]

Yeah, I definitely agree with you about the rhyming. Toward the end, I was running out of words to use! The puns are up to their usual standard, and it took me some investi-gator-ing to come up with another one!