Without the <PRE> Tag:

Here's some ditty, specially done, to lay it out all formatted and pretty. Unfortunately, that is all this junk really means, because I admit I couldn't scrawl poetry for beans.

With the <PRE> Tag:

          Here's
        some ditty,
      specially done,
    to lay it out all
  formatted and pretty.
Unfortunately, that is all
  this junk really means,
     because I admit I
      couldn't scrawl
        poetry for 
          beans.