Author: Richard Marsh

Higgledy piggledy
Moss Man’s the boss man, the
Phytomorphologist
Camouflage czar.

(If times get tough in the
Camouflage game, he will
Hang off your mirror to
Pine-scent your car.)

Higgledy-piggledy,
Don’t assume Whiplash is
Named for his power to
Bash, smash and wreck.

Think how his tail, with its
Centrifugality,
Puts quite a strain on his
Little green neck.

Ostagazuzulum!
Orko’s a tragic case,
Doing cheap coin tricks and
Seen as a klutz;

Unverifiably,
Never the same since the
Ripcord and flywheel got
Lodged in his guts.

Bimberly bumblewise
Buzz-Off is ace of spies.
He has big eyes on his
Hat, do you see?

Other than that there’s the
Flying, the stripiness,
Eusociality…
HE IS A BEE.

Higgledy piggledy
Leech, an haematophage,
Most fearsome ever to
Wear the red bat!

Master of vacuum seals!
Intimidatingly,
Briefly adheres where it’s
Perfectly flat.

Middleham muddlehum,
Mekaneck, give me some
top tips for spying. Come,
please do confide.

– Wear silver goggles, quite
unostentatiously.
– Stretch out your neck (when you
turn to one side).

Halaeo palaeo,
Tally-ho, Battle Bones!
Carry my men to the
Skirmish, posthaste!

Costal defects (are they
Osteophytical?)
Make your ribs handy to
Clip round the waist.

Higgledy piggledy –
Spidery Webstor, of
Both crag and cliff face is
Surely the king.

He can glide upwards most
Antigravitically,
As long as somebody
Pulls on his string.

Higgledy-piggledy
Tri-Klops sees everything,
Even round corners. But
He-Man is smart;

Rendering battle plans
Stereographically.
Magic Eye: Tri-Klops’s
Least favoured art.