The Bard, at times...

The Bard, at times

Is stumped for rhymes,

Without the least excuse.

He can defy

Such moments by

Abbreviation's use,

And gain the grat:

Of friend or neighb:

Without an at:

Of extra lab:

So simp: a rule

May seem pecul:

And make the crit: indig:

What matter if

The scans: is diff:

The meaning too ambig:?

The net result,

Lacon: and punct:

Is worth a mult:

Of needless unct:

We long for sile:

From folks who pile

Their worldly Pel: on Oss:

Extremely nox:

And quite intox:

By their exhub: verbos:

We curse their imp:

In manner dras:

And fail to symp:

With their loquac:

In House of Rep:

Applause is tep:

For periphrastic Pol:

Reviewers sniff

At auth: prolif:

With semiannual vol:

But we can pard:

However peev:

The minor bard

Who will abbrev:

With pen and ink

In close propinq:

The Poet, lucky fell:!

Avoiding troub:

May give his pub:

The cred: for some intell:

And like an orph:

In pose recumb:

In arms of Morph:

Securely slumb:

Let corks explode:

With brand: and sod:

Ye wearers of the mot:!

Decant the cham:

( What matt: the dam:? )

And empt: the flowing bott:!

And ne'er surren:

The Laureate's palm,

His haunch of ven:

And butt of Malm:!