Sea krait and snapping turtle
Vujotsu chants
1.
Dodo perched on bonsai bough
Warbled warning set in song
Hush affair a broken vow
It made me mad was way wrong
Rules of club just dont allow
Secret lovers slam the gong
Junior member mightnt plough
Someone elses mistress long
2.
Wife and I ensconced at Noh
I eyed over lovers aches
What we watched in gaudy show
Save of faces flame of fakes
Mistress mine imposter kissed
By the soldier I then dreamt
Wondrous he expired in mist
Further fault tried I to preempt
3.
Dodo warbled worthwhile sight
Junior lying in bubble bath
Lame or limp no sign of fight
Sandal prints in sudsy path
Bottom sunk electric jug
From a socket set in wall
Over rim ran cord to plug
Bobbing him toy duck and ball
4.
Junior judged as prone to err
Sentence small and down to size
Breakthrough science and he concur
Shell of self in sweeping eyes
His the second chance as clone
Bonsai bred off his own bone
Hell alight on my old knee
Memory void fresh and free
5.
Sea krait skin stripes black on white
Chases khaki carapace
Snapping turtle snaps on sight
Sea krait strikes fangs face to face
Snapping turtles throat turns red
Sea krait swims up sucks sweet air
Snapping turtle limp is lead
Lifeless lands in sea kraits lair
Shoeshine boy
A horsehair brush and rag and black dye wax
A shinier coat on leather prone to cracks
A horsehair brush and rag and black dye creme
A kinder coat to leather less of gleam
Plainclothes detective
That shoeshine boy chants clearly crooked code
A Vujotsu or Stonefish smitten ode
Inland revenue bureaucrat
I saw that fellow who you polished first
Afforded no tip such evaders worst
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Stonefish
The finest health is framed on innocent old me
Consecutive life sentences imply
One hundred years of age Ill walk out free
The jail time served Ill decades later die
Ive paid the dues I perch on apogee
Of precinct markets vicious rivals vie
A broken blade is buried near a knee
And bullet shrapnel sits arrear an eye
In meantime business I delegate
Through eager middle men the heists and skims
They follow orders weighty plots or whims
Theyll land in jail they judge I watch their fate
Defence lawyer
The paid and planted snitch we shall appeal
The cops are crooks to do a dirty deal
Chorus appeal challenge question