but when i see it all i can think of is 2 pterodactyls
dumbass hick
anthony hecht
called it a “double dactyl”
something pretty dumbish
what i see
when i see it
is two big dinosaurs
fighting over a fish
a double dactyl is also called a “Higgledy Piggledy,” because it is usually formed with one line consisting of a nonsense phrase fitting that rhythm, and “Higgledy Piggledy” is one commonly used phrase for that
But when I see that name I think about the nursery rhyme about the black hen
the one that goes
Hickety pickety, my black hen She lays eggs for gentlemen Sometimes nine, sometimes ten Hickety pickety, my black hen.
which is NOT double dactyl rhythm. So of course I get the urge to rewrite it
