"No!" sobbed in a panic

"Don't take my sock---I need the static!

Without, my power will fade and die

I'll have to cry by candlelight!"

But felt nada sympathy

He threw the sock into a tree

got mad and then

ran away to his smily empire

ran up with a triumphant shout

And, with some water, put out

:wakeup2: walked along, sipping his tea

Tripped on grass and skinned his knee

:wakeup2: began to wail and

went once he was dry

was stunned into a mere

A passerby mentioned, "Hey, you're all yellow!"

Being the same color and having changed faces

Emoticons found themselves in the wrong places

Insanity reigned throughout all smily-bearing sites

Some gave up and tried to keep cheerful through their plight

Those who meant to give a found themselves

At last, we cried to the staff: "Please stop this chaos, sirs!"

MFuss sorted out the mess with his listing powers

And there emoticons live still, to this very hour

Turakii