Tim Hicks has given me 10 words to challenge my poetic capabilities.
I have produced Speedy Fetsy the Camel in few hours and
Tim had a good laugh, listening to me reading this poem.

The 10 words are marked in bold font.
 Camel, Fetsy, toadstool, buttocks, autistic, savant, fairy, rheumatism, microwave, dollar. 
...


Daily I am feeding my camel Fetsy and just all at once,
For breakfast she had basket of carrots and hot buns.
 She fancied for dessert the humanly inedible toadstool,
She would provoke and agitate in the pasture the calmest bull.

No one gets in the way when feeding on her lovely dessert,
For she is the best, fastest, above all, in all an expert.
She is faster then any car I know, Faster then a plane.
When she goes, trying to stop her, it would be in vain.

For me Fetsy gladly kneels down so I hop on her back,
With my heavy buttocks I always think I'll hear the crack.
But, she is not only fast, she is also very strong,
With Fetsy, you never stray, you could never go wrong.

People watched lining up where ever we've passed.
Every one is left with shock, astonished, aghast.
But on this particular day someone yelled, Autistic Savant
I turned my head and recognized that voice, it was my Aunt.

My aunt thought my Fetsy is special and promising,
With her speed she would astonish President or the King.
The crowd would gather any day where ever we went,
Someone thought she is disaster, but I thought God sent.

Fetsy takes me to the doctors, with lightnig speed, between the cars,
At times I thought I'll end up in Jupiter or Mars,
When the line of cars have stopped on the red light,
She would not wait, she flies over and above with all might.

Once flying above the cars, my camel said, she saw a Fairy.
For the moment I thought I did to, but the sun was too glary.
Fetsy assured me, it was fairy with magical powers,
Yes she said, the one that flies above the church towers.

Oh, I said, I need that Fairy, I need the supernatural friend,
For a movement of my legs and arms are coming to an end.
My rheumatism is crippling my body, my soul and my mind.
Only fairy can cure me, she is the one, she is very, very kind.

My Fetsy knew of my crippling, incapacitated state,
To the doctors door we came and she said, go on in I'll wait.
It wasn't long, before the patients were rushing madly out,
I was stunned, what's happening, what is it all about.

People recognized my extraordinary Fetsy, they lined the street.
Every child, man and women wanted my camel, to touch to meet.
She is becoming very famous, it was not anticipated,
When I bought her nothing of her speed was stipulated.

I struggle to work, grumbling trying to heat some meal,
When I couldn't, she watched me eat the cold piece of veal.
Fetsy came to a great idea, Microwave is for you, she said,
I thought, I have a clever camel, I am very glad.

I've given her a purse full of dollar notes and some change,
She likes shopping, but for many people it was vary strange.
In no time at all, my camel was back home with new appliance,
I stopped complaining and ate my meal for once in silence.

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