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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Oneirology Larder

Whose dream is of lobsters? He'll buckle to mobsters.
Whose dream is of cheese? She'll be cropp'd at the knees.
Whose dream is of eggs gets prosthetics. (Or pegs.)
Whose dream is of bread? He's smack'd upside the head.
Whose dream is of wine? She'll be pickl'd in brine.
Whose dream is of trout? He gets punch'd in the mout.’
But the dreamers whose dreams are of wedgemussel shells
must prepare for subjection to all sorts of hells.

Beer mit Lear/Wine mit Stein, in which Ed & Gert Propose Pick'd Poisons Get Pair'd -- via Verses (1) through (n) -- with Prominent Partners

Each verse in the  poem  below selects  either three  or four  beverages, the  last- mentioned of which  is always crème de  menthe,  then p...