As we talked ,the hot dogs panted

They said they had no time to read a  stanza
A verse,  a line ,a  little sonnet form
When I asked why, I got no solid answer

They liked  psalms and songs ,both well  enchanted
Judiciously embraced beneath a palm
They said they had no time to read a  stanza

As we talked ,the hot dogs panted
This hideous heat can do them deadly harm
When I asked why, I got no bally answer

The women and the men all flaunted
Their dress sense, their straw hats  and their   strange charm
They said they had no time to read a  stanza

The professor with her learning all had taunted
Saying, thinking cannot cook or keep us warm
When I asked why, I got a squalid answer

Well now and then we spin a  little yarn
Tell a tale or make love in the barn
They said they had no time to read a  stanza
When I asked why, I got no  valid answer