No-one knows from whence they came
Only that they wish they'd go
Conquest of Earth appears their aim
Clogging up cities as they grow
And huge! They are large as rhinos
If large is the word to employ
Pink elephants! declare local winos
But whichever they bring no joy
A hobo found the first one in a creek
Near a sewer behind the bio-lab
It was studied for longer than a week
They finally paid him not to blab
Don't tell the papers or the tv news
It will cause panic and a riot
This thing can't be contained in zoos
Not even if we put it on a diet
As big as it is (which is the first prob)
It doesn't posess a definite form
For it to escape would be an easy job
Squeeze through bars and reform
Before long the gasbag had multiplied
Popped in millions of little bubbles
Huge sum only a physicist might divide
(Probably cause sleeping troubles)
They expand so fast around the centre
And up above and down below
Can't see the mouth for food to enter
So how do these buggers grow?
Do they absorb nutrients - how much
In order to grow this gigantic?
Polluted air and stinky sweat - such
That when they pop we're frantic!
You'd think the trade'd be a good thing
These moppers up of airborn junk
Except the final act won't make you sing
Huge explosion, stench and gunk
Scientists have worked hard all month
On these nuisances to eradicate
Research shows they're made of someth-
Which fresh air makes evaporate!
It was a simple discovery - a window
Left ajar, high up in old Blue Ridge
A laboratory where tests require snow
Or atmosphere resembling a fridge
And that was it for the Bubbleblobs
Now the last was shipped away
Never more crowds of wobbly mobs
Nor stinky pongs, nor dismay
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