Gamut Lichkeit

     From 
A to zed. From famish’d to fed.
     From the 
tip of my toe to the top of your head.
     From 
my ultravi'let to your infrared.
     From My 
Dinner With Andre to breakfast in bed.

     From 
bad to worse. From dogg'rel to verse.
     From 
Grisi (Carlotta) to Cunningham (Merce).
     From 
doctor to nurse. From pocket to purse.
     From Al-
gonquian Sioux to Sahaptian Nez Perce.

     From 
coast to coast. From pillar to post.
     From 
alla Romana to sardines on toast.
     From 
guest to host. From least to most.
     From 
Kilimanjaro to Ivory Coast.

     From 
door to door. From ship to shore.
     From 
"either" ('n' "and/or") to "neither" ('n' "nor").
     From 
"Less..." to "...is more." From in pieces to war.
     From 
"Thanks...but no thank you!" to "Si, si, Senor!"

     From 
east to west. From curs’d to blest.
     From 
nuclear family to empty nest.
     From 
worst to best. From thigh to breast.
     From 
serio-comic to genuine jest.

     From 
first to last. From future to past.
     From my 
flying jib boom to your main skysail mast.
     From 
slow to fast. From garrotted to gass’d.
     From 
your Cathy Wilcox to my Thomas Nast.

     From 
God to man. From pat to pan.
     From 
Jewish Defense League to Ku Klux Klan.
     From 
bottle to can. From albino to tan.
     From Cos-
tello and Abbott to Ollie and Stan.

     From 
head to tail. From rail to sail.
     From a 
slap on the wrist to a fortnight in gaol.
     From 
hammer to nail. From pass to fail.
     From 
Niag'ra Falls to the Sante Fe Trail.

     From 
inside out. From nort' to sout'.
     From 
seven bean salad to knockwurst ‘n’ kraut.
     From 
flood to drought. From pilsner to stout.
     From 
"Come up 'n' see me!" to "Go on...get out!"

     From 
jazz to pop. From pop to op-.
     From 
get-go to stop. From bottom to top.
       From 
robber to cop. From ragtime to bop.
     From 
underachieving to over-the-top.

       From 
Kings to plebes. From idols to dweebs.
     From 
valets de chambres to burra sahibs. 
     From 
griffins to grebes. From goyim to Hebes.
     From 
400 Spartans to Seven 'gainst Thebes.

     From 
low to high. From "Howdy!" to "Bye!"
     From De-
cember the Seventh to Fourth of July.
     From 
wet to dry. From "True!" to "You lie!"
     From a 
bird in the hand to a pie in the sky.

     From 
Maine to Cal. From Falstaff to Hal.
     From 
woman of virtue to femme fatale. 
     From 
capriccioso to pastorale.
     From the 
New York Trade Center to Guadalcanal.

     From 
now to then. From women to men.
     From 
Barbi to Ken. From the sword to the pen.
     From 
zero to ten. From Glenda to Glen.
     From 
Rodeo Drive to the five-'n'-ten.

     From 
old to new. "From Santa to you."
     From 
Steinway piano to didgeridoo.
     From 
red to blue. From "Don't!" to "I do."
     From The 
Last King of Scotland to Brian Boru.

     From 
Pole to pole. From codex to (sc)roll.
     From 
body to soul. From the part to the whole.
     From 
Irving to Cole. From the tee to the hole.
     From 
Franz Joseph Land to the Costa del Sol.

     From the 
quick to the dead. From the leech’d to the bled.
     From 
Nike to Ked. From "too" to "instead."
     From 
single to wed. From Desi to Fred.
     From 
My Blue Heaven to fire engine red.

     From 
right to left. From awkward to deft.
     From 
lightness to heft. From Mutted to Jeff'd.
       From
organized crime to white-collar theft.
     From 
Marlene Dietrich'd to Hildegard Neff'd.

     From 
Stern to stem. From l'homme to femme.
     From 
en to em. From Japeth to Shem.
     From 
probe to LEM. From choler to phlegm.
     From 
pauvre diable to creme de la creme.

     From 
treasure to trash. From Zarkov to Flash.
     From 
credit to cash. From bangers to mash.
     From Hun-
garian Goulash to heavenly hash.
     From your 
Ma's army boots to your Father's mustache.

     From 
us to them. From acquit to condemn.
     From 
Rep to Dem. From fix’d to pro tem. 
     From 
term'nus a quo to term'nus ad quem. 
     From
 breech-loading musket to ICBM.

     From 
vale to hill. From hale to ill.
     From 
ballpoint to quill. From parsley to dill.
     From 
all to nil. From lung to gill.
     From 
Eleanor's Franklin to Hillary's Bill.

     From 
win to lose. From seltzer to booze.
     From 
running amok to a march two-by-twos.
     From 
"Born Again Christian" to "Right To Choose."
     From the 
Queen of the Spades to the King of the Jews.

     From 
Xs to Os. From sucks to blows.
     From 
allies to foes. From buttons to bows.
     From 
comes to goes. From virgins to 'ho's.
     From 
where babies come from to God only knows!

     From 
yin to yang. From syntactic to slang.
     From 
guttural utt'rance to nasally twang.
     From 
Phyllis to Fang. From fresh-squeez’d to Tang.
     From 
sev'ral elipses (...) to interobang (!)

     From 
zag to zig. From little to big.
     From 
hippie to pig. From jeté to jig.
     From 
Tory to Whig. From raisin to fig.
     From 
someone specific to thingamajig.