31_days | [5-Jan-2006] [Oh My Goddess!] Poetry Lessened

Title: Poetry Lessened
Challenge: 5-Jan-2006 / "pagan poetry"
Based on: Oh My Goddess!
Characters: Keiichi, Urd
Type: Humor; 100 words
Rating: General.

Oh My Goddess! © Kodansha / TBS / KSS Films / AnimEigo / Pioneer / Geneon.

"Let's hear your love poem for Belldandy," Urd said to Keiichi.

Keiichi began to read aloud. "*ahem* Roses are red / Violets are purple / sugar's sweet / and so's maple syrple--"

"No, no, NO!!" Urd grabbed Keiichi's paper and ripped it into confetti. "Have you no poetry in your soul!?"

"Nope," Keiichi said. "I'm an engineering student."

Urd struck a dramatic pose. "You're writing an ode to a goddess! You must write of her beckoning blue eyes! Her wistful sighs of longing! Her hot sweet breath! Her... heaving bosom!"

Keiichi pulled a face. "Well, *I* feel like 'heaving'."