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# The Last Straw
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-last-straw/
- Published: 2023-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: a horse that is designed by a committee, they say -- as if it doesn't rate creation -- no genesis for you -- ah, more's the pity the camel surely merits better station
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

a horse that is designed by a committee,  
they say -- as if it doesn't rate creation --  
no genesis for you -- ah, more's the pity  
the camel surely merits better station

it roams the arid deserts of Arabia  
a journey from oasis to oasis  
and though its toes are oft compared to labia  
the simile is likely without basis

why should the dromedary cause such drama  
the platypus and pangolin abstain  
its cousins, the alpaca and the llama  
acceded to the upstart mustang's reign

at least the cigarette is out of favor  
the skunk took over as the day's top flavor