When I'm Calling You

(a Canadian love song)

Like JFK with Edgar Hoover,
I'm completely ill at ease:
it's as if I'm in Vancouver,
but I speak no Cantonese.

A Mountie's boot must have its stirrup,
they say Brooke Nevin needs a fattener:
tooth decay loves maple syrup
(look what it did for William Shatner!)

I yearn for something quite profound,
my very own deep inner need,
just as Puget boasts its Sound
and Calgary its Stampede.

Like "foo" means nothing without "fighter",
an ice rink's bare without a puck.
Mike Myers lacks a decent writer:
I think I need a cute canuck.

I hope one day I will be ready
(when Justin Bieber gets a life!)
-- Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy --
to woo you as my Winnipeg Wife.

Reviews

[Relic]

Clever and witty write. Shatner sold me on butter once. I'm still hooked. :)

[Arezzo]

LOL Thank you very much. Glad you liked it.

[Nico Reznick]

Who can resist any love song that begins "Like JFK with Edgar Hoover"? Sold! The Shatner rhyme was inspired, and stanza 4 just rocks.

[Arezzo]

You bring a broad grin to my face every time I read you. You KNOW how grateful I am. I'm off now to re-read your cats-and-chasms piece. you were in a bit of an Edgar Allan mood when you wrote it ...