Fiasco - Jason

On the writing

This was a pretty fun, but challenging assignment this week.  The charge was to do a Dr. Seuss style story which resulted in a fiasco.  I started with the idea of a pet rescue which went completely wrong, but as the story unfolded it become something a bit different.  In order to appreciate this poem as I have, you might need to imagine the book.  This Satire of Green Eggs and Ham has Sam replaced with a very hairy, fire juggling talking dog named Dame.  The main character is one who insists he is not afraid of what might happen if you have a hairy fire juggling dog.  Just as the original, the plot in spots may be a little hard to follow (without pictures to guide you).  I hope you enjoy it anyway.

 Long Fur and Flame

I blame Dame
Dame I blame

That’s Dame I blame
That Dame I blame!
She has no fear
that Dame I blame

Do you fear
long fur and flame
I do not fear them,
Dame I blame.
I do not fear
Long fur and flame.

Would you fear them
Here or there?

I would not fear them
here or there.
I would not fear them
anywhere.
I do not fear
long fur and flame.
I do not fear them,
Dame I blame

Would you fear them
in a house?
Would you fear them
on a mouse?

I do not fear them
in a house.
I do not fear them
with a mouse.
I do not fear them
here or there.
I do not fear them
anywhere.
I do not fear long fur and flame.
I do not fear them, Dame I blame.

Would you keep them
in a box?
Would you grow them
on a fox?

Not in a box.
Not on a fox.
Not in a house.
Not on a mouse.
I would keep them here or there.
I would grow them anywhere.
I would keep long fur and flame.
I do not fear them, Dame I blame.

Would you? Could you?
in a car?
Keep them! Grow them!
Here they are.

I would not,
burn not,
in a car

You may fear them.
You will see.
You may fear them
in a tree?

I would not, could not in a tree.
Not in a car! You let me be.
I do not fear them in a box.
I do not fear them on a fox
I do not fear them in a house
I do not fear them on a mouse
I do not fear them here or there.
I do not fear them anywhere.
I do not fear long fur and flame.
I do not fear them, Dame I blame.

A blaze! A blaze!
A blaze! A blaze!
Could you, would you
cause a blaze?

Not a blaze! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! Dame! Let me be!
I would not, could not, in a box.
I could not, would not, on a fox.
I will not fear them on a mouse
I will not fear them in a house.
I will not fear them here or there.
I will not fear them anywhere.
I do not fear them, Dame I Blame.

Say!
With a spark?
Here with a spark!
Would you, could you, with a spark?

I would not, could not,
with a spark.

Would you, could you,
in the rain?

I would not, could not, in the rain.
Not with a spark. Not on a train,
Not in a car, Not in a tree.
I do not fear them, Dame, you see.
Not in a house. Not in a box.
Not on a mouse. Not on a fox.
I will not fear them here or there.
I do not fear them anywhere!

You do not fear
long fur and flame?

I do not
fear them,
Dame I Blame.

Could you, would you,
near a goat?

I would not,
could not.
near a goat!

Would you, could you,
by your boat?

I could not, would not, by my boat.
I will not, will not, near a goat.
I will not fear them in the rain.
I will not fear them on a train.
Not with a spark! Not near a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not fear them in a box.
I do not fear them with a fox.
I will not fear them in a house.
I do not fear them on a mouse.
I do not fear them here or there.
I do not fear them ANYWHERE!

I do not fear
long fur
and flame.

I do not fear them,
Dame I Blame.

You do not fear them.
SO you say.
Mix them! Mix them!
And you may.
Mix them and you may I say.

Dame!
If you run carelessly,
You will burn them.
You will see.

No!
You mixed long fur and flame!
Don’t run! I fear them, Dame I Blame!
And you ran beneath my boat!
And then you set alight a goat...
And burn you did, through the rain.
And in the dark blew up a train.
And then a car. And then a tree.
They burned so quick, so disastrously!

So I see fire burning a box.
And I see fire immolating a fox.
And I see fire in my house.
And I see fire cook a mouse.
And I see fire here and there.
Look! I see fire EVERYWHERE!

I do so fear
long fur and flame!
Fiasco!
Fiasco!
Dame I Blame.