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For Christina
An elf wallked by a tombe, knitting katazome',
picaresque
knitting
kitten
baa
squiggily
wambly
elf
shrewd
glum
fabulous
ululating*
wassailing**
mastodon
diaphonous***
katazome'****
An Elf's Picaresque Story
a bit glum, say some,
making diaphonous laces
for fabulous faces.
Shrewd though he was, he knew no fuss.
His designs squiggily,
the sizes biggily,
for ululating mastodons,
wambily, wassailing small kittens
and sheep he saw go "Baa."
(c) Poetic Pete
2003
*To wail loudly
**Drinking much; Toasting
***Transparent/translucent fine textured material
****Type of Japanese knitting