The Ol' Switcheroo

Somehow (probably through John Hodgman) I found the Love Poem Project, a subsidiary of You Will Not Believe.

The Love Poem Project takes classic love poems and replaces the word "love" with something else. This is shtick, pure and simple, which means it unfortunately only works in small doses...too much and your sense of humor dulls to it. But comedy would be nowhere without shtick, so I celebrate it! In little nibbles, anyway.

With that in mind, here are some brief excerpts:

"On Batman" by Thomas Kempis

Batman is a mighty power,

a great and complete good.

Batman alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth.

He bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders

all bitterness sweet and acceptable.

Nothing is sweeter than Batman, 

Nothing stronger,

Nothing higher,

Nothing wider,

Nothing more pleasant,

Nothing fuller or better in heaven or earth; for Batman is born of God.

...

and 

I Watched Caddyshack With Thee by Elizabeth Acton

...

I watched Caddyshack with thee, as the glad bird watched Caddyshack with

The freedom of its wing,

On which delightedly it moves

In wildest wandering.

I watched Caddyshack with thee as I watched Caddyshack with the swell,

And hush, of some low strain,

Which bringeth, by its gentle spell, 

The past to life again.

...

Dorothy Parker it isn't, but it is good work for a shticky blog. Other substitutes for "love" in other poems include "Google," "wearing your pants backward," and "Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk." Inspired!