Dragaera

a filk: A Small Snarky Voice

Mark A Mandel mam at theworld.com
Sat Nov 23 16:20:15 PST 2002

I have a small red-and-white "Beanie Baby"-type dragon who accompanies
me to fannish events. His name is Loiosh, and ... well, I posted this
just the other day to rec.music.filk

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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:24:43 GMT

Just written last night and this morning, and up at
http://world.std.com/~mam/filks/SmallSnarkyVoice.html . Those who have met
me at cons or filksings have seen my familiar, Loiosh.  This is not the
first time he's been in my songs; see verse 3 of Con From Argo,
http://world.std.com/~mam/filks/ConArgo.html .



	A Small Snarky Voice
	Mark A. Mandel, Copyright 2002
	ttto Home on the Range
	Dedicated to Loiosh
	(Backtick [`] precedes the first strong beat of a line
	where it could be confusing.)


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One night in my home
While perusing a tome
    I heard my familiar's voice say:
"Better get to your bed
And `lay down your head
    For the morning is not far away."

CHORUS (after every verse):
	Late, late in the night,
	In the quiet and peace of my home
	How strange to have heard
	An admonishing word
	From a creature of fabric and foam.

I ignored that small voice,
Barely making a choice
    And addicted to narrative prose.
Many hours had gone
By the time that the dawn
    Saw my eyelids unwillingly close.

As I staggered to work
Well, I `felt like a jerk,
    For my toy was far wiser than I.
"How'd you `do that?" I asked.
He replied, "It's my task
    Not to let your organic brain fry."

He will often advise
When my plans are unwise,
    My attention distracted or wrong.
But he's uttered no word
In the hour-and-a-third
    During which I have written this song.

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Kay Shapero commented:

: Sounds a lot like the original, actually... :->

And I replied:

#Oh, yes. When I ask him if they're related he just chuckles. Recently
#when I introduced him -- I think it was at Drexel U's 2nd annual
#Tolkienfest, a week or 2 ago -- someone asked, "As in 'Shut up,
#Loiosh!'?" I said, "Exactly!"

-- Mark A. Mandel, The Filker With No Nickname
     http://world.std.com/~mam/filk.html