Onocentaur

The Style Invitational asks for short poems or Q&A jokes featuring words from the latest National Spelling Bee, due Tuesday. I poked around the list until a fifth-round entry grabbed me.

The Middle Ages bestiaries often would include
The Greek-named onocentaur. It’s inevitably viewed
As nothing but a centaur with the horselike side replaced
With donkey parts and sometimes only two legs. What a waste
Of scholars’ ink and parchment (am I sounding like a jerk?).
Whoever made this creature really did some half-assed work.