A is for A: An Illuminated Alphabet in Verse: Letters K & R

         K is for K:

     

     "I've built a Vitamin!" "That right...?
      So: whatcha gonna call it...?" 

     "Kalloo, kallay! I'll call it 'K.'
      With koin 'twill fill my wallet."

      R is for R:

       Readin.' 'Rightin.' 'Rithmetic: Aren't

      'R's the starts of these...?

       Not true; not true: the final two

       show, first, apostrophes!

A is for A: An Illuminated Alphabet in Verse: Letters L & Q

         L is for L

         

         Chicago's got (as Nome has not)
         an elevated Metro,
         one written 'L.' (I know it well:
         it's 'Loop'y, loud...and retro!)

         Q is for Q

         Intelligence -- i.e., good sense -- 

         one measures using 'Q.'

         Here's all you do: to age times 2 

         add... (I've no clue! Have you...?)

The Punday Funnies: Lt. Joe

Lieutenant Joe: remember him...?*
"You've got to be taught."
I pray for muscles firm 'n' trim:
"O, Gott! To be taut!"

     *Joseph Cable is the character 

       in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 

     "South Pacific" who sings the 

      lyric mentioned above.