Ocean Doot wrote:
On an X-Men message board, there's been a running challenge to complete one of 13 "labors." As far as I know, nobody's succeeded yet. But I had a go at the first part of this one:
#3: Write a lipogram (of at least 8 lines and 50 words) about Doop that uses no other vowel than ‘o’ - though any and all consonants are allowed - and have it printed in a Marvel comic’s letter column.
(Never sent it to Marvel to try and get it printed, but I did write one.)
"O Doop"
O, Doop, fond blob -- flown down so low
'mong crowds of trollops 'n' fools 'n' goons,
on yon brow doth bob two orbs -- oh, no!
O moss-color ghost, lost too, too soon!
Doop: lost for good? Horror, most gross!
Doop, do not go! Don't mold, nor rot!
O, gloom! O, sorrow! O, forlorn loss!
Doop: lost for now ... tho' not forgot.
-- O. Doot
Not a bad pastiche, especially considering the nature of the challenge!
