We'll get there in the end!
The Bottom Line
Bottom had dreams of gracing the stage -
'Twas as much of a fate as a choice,
For Bottom could make plain words leap off the page
With his powerful, resonant voice.
Bottom desired to be bravely clad
With disguises for each of his parts.
And then, all dressed up, Bottom might play the cad,
Going all around town breaking hearts.
One night while with friends Bottom rehearsed a play,
The cast suddenly took off in fear,
For a fairy who'd come to play cruel tricks that day
Made Bottom grow great ass's ears.
Soon after a fair lady he chanced to meet,
Who turned out to be a great queen:
The Queen of the fairies, so merry and sweet,
Quite the prettiest woman he'd seen.
The lady she then took him back to her bower -
O, what an incredible sight!
With the ass the fair lady lay happy for hours
And Bottom she loved through the night!
She left him alone and he woke the next day
Not believing he'd spent such a night.
And so he went on to perform in a play
For the Duke, who did praise him aright.
And so, my dear friends, to enjoy life it seems
That you need not be noble or fine,
For good things come e'en to the ugly and mean
And that is the Bottom line.
The Finish(ed) Line
I refuse to leave this challenge unfinished
However late the completion may be
So as the standards of poems diminish
You have my sincerest
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