One and T’other

 

Reply to a friend daft enough to argue about Tolkien

 

Elves aren’t dwarves, our clever Nige.

You stated dwarves; stay with ‘em,

but if you can’t, then I’ll oblige,

offset your try at schism

in fairyland and in the halls

of Gloomendale, where dwarves of might

stay mini-men, where stately balls

are often danced throughout the night.

So, how to tell that dwarves aren’t elves?

There’s something you’re not seeing:

elves’ ears have points; they know themselves

           by such. A dwarf’s a different being.