If 'e's were 'i's,
would not 'exquisite corpse'
be 'ixquisiti corpsi'...?
*Thus time warps.)
The Verses
‘Hex’ (cute Pennsy-Dutch decor)...plus
‘Wiz’ (Oz oligarch of yore)...plus
‘seat’ (top spot when butts get sore)...plus
‘corpse’ (god damn cadaver).
‘Hecht's’ (defunct department store)...plus
‘Whiz’ (an ersatz cheese you pour)...plus
‘It’ (part Bow,* part Addams lore**)...plus
‘corpse’ (yes, ma'am: cadaver).
* Clara the It Girl
** The Addams Family's cousin It.
‘Egg’ (what comes before the chick)...plus
‘squeeze’ (a baseball buntman's trick)...plus
‘"Sit!"’ (command to Spot or Mick)...plus
‘corpse’ (grand-slam: cadaver).*
‘Aix’ (-lemagne, Char-* knew it best)...plus
‘quiz’ (your small exam, your test)...plus
‘zit’ (prompts adolescent's jest)...plus
‘corpse’ (no scam: cadaver).
* I.e., Charlemagne’s Aachen
‘Haig's’ (‘This stuff's all own’d by Al...’)...plus
‘Swiss’ (not unlike Emmenthal)...plus
‘hit’ (...but who could shoot a pal...?)...plus
‘corpse’ (lost lamb: cadaver).
‘Aches’ (first fruits of one's malaise)...plus
‘oui!’ (like 'si!' but en Francaise)...plus
‘Sid’ (from TV's golden days*)...plus
‘corpse’ (Shazam! cadaver).
* Caesar (the comic not the emperor)
‘X’ (Abu Kamil's* unknown)...plus
‘wheeze’ (how labor’d breathing's shown)...plus
‘zed’ (the final letter sown)...plus
‘corpse’ (Go! Scram, cadaver!)
* One of the many Arabic algebr'ists
The Coda
So: what is all this..? Mere palaver.
Though exquisite, you can have 'er.
Just a visit from Breton
(the Dada Wiz...?) You'd best move on.
