With Apologies To Edgar Allen Poe...

[gullwhacker]

Now these stories we are telling have constraints of length and spelling
And debated validity brought to life from days of yore
Though this fanmade word is spoken it is oft seen as a token
Yet the name deserves protection - to all writers I implore
Tests of word count long attempted - knowing what the term is for
'tis a drabble, and no more.
But it seems the term is fleeting, many writing forms unseating
Countless multitudes of ficlets treating restriction as bore
Just one hundred words and finished - let all writers keep this lore
Lest the drabble be no more.