100,000,000,000,000 poems

When one with t'other straightaway agrees
That horders of crooks felt they'd more right to own
Replies like this the dumbstruck brain may tease
While sharks to let's say potted shrimps are prone
To one sweet hour of bliss my memory clings
Whose ocean still-born herrings madly brave
A daring baron pockets precious Mings
Till firemen come with hose-piped tidal wave
Platonic Greece was not so talentless
A bird-brain banquet melts bold Mistress Mog
And played their mountain croquet jungle chess
Lobsters for sale must be our apologue
Though bretzels take the dols from board-room drum
And lessors' dates have all too short a sum


Raymond Queneau

Translation to English by Stanley Chapman
found in "Oulipo Compendium"
Atlas 1998, ISBN 0-947757-96-1

Idea and implementation by Magnus Bodin 1997
Produced in the wonderful country of Sweden.