Too late. Now the crowd is uneasy and loud,
about three notches short of hysteria.
"Dumb as a box of rocks," says a shock jock
and accidentally knocks Timmy right off his box,
so Tim climbs up the nearest wisteria.

Says Timmy "Much better!" Then Irving Lumwedder
spots the boy halfway up the wisteria.
"My friends of the press, do you like my head dress?
I can tell you're impressed. Now, my friends, let me stress,
today we are talking bacteria.