Chapter 7

           

           VogonpoetryisofcoursethethirdworstintheUniverse.

           ThesecondworstisthatoftheAzagothsofKria.DuringarecitationbytheirPoetMasterGrunthostheFlatulentofhispoem"OdeToASmallLumpofGreenPuttyIFoundInMyArmpitOneMidsummerMorning"fourofhisaudiencediedofinternalhaemorrhaging,andthePresidentoftheMid-GalacticArtsNobblingCouncilsurvivedbygnawingoneofhisownlegsoff.Grunthosisreportedtohavebeen"disappointed"bythepoem’sreception,andwasabouttoembarkonareadingofhistwelve-bookepicentitledMyFavouriteBathtimeGurgleswhenhisownmajorintestine,inadesperateattempttosavelifeandcivilization,leaptstraightupthroughhisneckandthrottledhisbrain.

           TheveryworstpoetryofallperishedalongwithitscreatorPaulaNancyMillstoneJenningsofGreenbridge,Essex,EnglandinthedestructionoftheplanetEarth.

           ProstetnicVogonJeltzsmiledveryslowly.Thiswasdonenotsomuchforeffectasbecausehewastryingtorememberthesequenceofmusclemovements.Hehadhadaterriblytherapeuticyellathisprisonersandwasnowfeelingquiterelaxedandreadyforalittlecallousness.

           TheprisonerssatinPoetryAppreciationChairs—strappedin.Vogonssufferednoillusionsastotheregardtheirworksweregenerallyheldin.Theirearlyattemptsatcompositionhadbeenpartofbludgeoninginsistencethattheybeacceptedasaproperlyevolvedandculturedrace,butnowtheonlythingthatkeptthemgoingwassheerbloodymindedness.

           ThesweatstoodoutcoldonFordPrefect’sbrow,andslidroundtheelectrodesstrappedtohistemples.

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