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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Hommage a Mike Wilbon in '-il's, '-on's 'n' '-esses'es

"What fills the bill…? Eubonics will," 
professes Casaubon.
"Who spills no swill? Hugh Bonneville," 
assesses Eleanor Bron.
“What kills a chill…? Swill'd tonics will," 
confesses Bon', James Bon'.
“My pills are bonbons fill’d with dill,” 
finesses Dot's* "Big Blon'.”
Each thrills: "Mike kills in dresses 
donn'd in vaudeville in Bonn."

     * Wit Dorothy Parker

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