This is Leon.

During lockdown in 2020, dreaming up pun-based business concepts (e.g. Carpet Diem, the motivational rug company) quickly became an insufficient creative outlet.

So, I started an Instagram account for Leon and captioned each post with a poem.

He got some love from WeRateDogs and the local news, and today entertains over 22,000 followers.

Scroll to read some stanzas.