A version of 'straw' drawled dans rural
UK – or 
some Sunnis, of whom
one is labeled "Uday."    
     [STRA or SART] 
Sister Tee-Anne, my parochial school third-grade teach-... (the ol' bat) – or 
some "mice" (see
'S' RAT*)    
     [SR. T. A. or RATS]
A "s(m)art" reassembly (its order's
reversed!) – or 
a heav(enl)y body
(Let's hope she don't burst!)    
     [TRA'S, i.e., S'ART  backwards, or STAR]
Certain tin coins, known to net but small worth – or 
some vocables sung 'round
the day of His birth."    
     [Both TRAS, or, "TRA"s
-- 'tra-la-la's]
A half man/half goat – or 
the 19th lab rodent
(See RATS*) in experiments needing a coat.
     SAT'R (sat(y)r) or 'S' RAT – i.e., 19th in the series 
More than the single aesthetical skill – or 
to take into "custodie officielle."  
     [ARTS or AR'ST (ar(re)st)]
Imperial Russia's ex-ruler (so-called) – or 
"Tough Twinkies, Herr Sun God! (You've heard not? He's bald!) 
     [TSAR or T.S., RA!]
The Student Achievement Test taken for Russe, or 
the road from Caracas
to Chile's caboose.
     [RSAT or RT. SA (Rt. South
America, i.e., some trans-American highway or
other)]
Aromas and odors, some scents and a smell – or 
Art (Fish 'n’ Chips)
Treacher's ol' paterfamil-'.  
     [AT'RS (at(ta)rs) or A.T., SR. (A.T. Sr.)]
The past participle of "reest" -- viz., "to
balk" (lingua veterinarian) --
or...
Rastafarian. 
     [RAST or R'STA (r(a)sta)]
Early to rise – or, 
according to one or another
criterion, categorize.  
     [AST'R (ast(i)r) or AS'RT (as(so)rt)]
Electroshock gun, used precipitously – or 
Brit sailors (named Jack,
serendipitously).  
     [TAS'R (tas(e)r) or TARS]
A half man/half goat running 'round...in reverse (cf  SAT'R above) – or 
the end of this verse!
     [R'TAS (i.e., SAT'R  (sat(y)r)
spelt backwards]
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Composed and illustrated in 2019, each verse of poetaster Ulysses ("Uly") Poe's illuminated nonsense lyric "What A's ...
 
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