Jules and his brother, watching the boats Tellin' stories to each other of the places they'd go At twenty-thousand leagues meet Captain Nemo Not much of a plot and owed a lot to Poe From Phineas Fogg to Impey Barbicane He fit his fiction to the science of the day Practically invented the N.R.A. Wrote Around the World in 80 Days! Jules' dad sent him to law school in Paris He wished he was with his brother on a ship Supposed to go to class but always skipped Did the coffeehouse bit, started to get Lit Wrote a couple of boring plays Soon, Jules was amazed Writing fiction pays So, he wrote Around The World In 80 Days!