Double Dactyls

Higgledy Piggledy

Oedipus Tyrannus

Murdered his father

And knocked up his mum.

Question his fitness as

Paterfamilias;

Son-wise, he’s probably

Better than some.

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Higgledy Piggledy

Allan S.  Konigsberg

Knew that he wouldn’t

Go far with that name.

Made the decision to

Pseudonymous-ify:

Called himself Woody,

And promptly found fame.

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Higgledy Piggledy

Christopher Isherwood

Quickly ditched Corpus

With Berlin in mind.

Wrote of his life in his

Autobiographies,

Loved for his funny

As well as his Kind.

   —

Higgledy Piggledy

Brideshead Revisited:

Nostalgic adventures

Of Ryder and Flyte

Awestruck Oxonians,

Transgenerationally,

Can’t help but emulate,

Try as they might.

   —

Higgledy Piggledy

Oscar Pistorius

Slaughtered his girlfriend

In cold-blooded rage.

(Nothing too funny here,

Uxoricidally,

Just that his name

Scans quite well on the page).

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Higgledy Piggledy

Jesus of Nazareth

Born on a solstice

The prophecised son (/sun)

Sceptics will tell you that,

Astrologistically,

This is convenient

In more ways than one.