"The Man Who Would Be King":
a blip in Kipling's data base.
The Khan who would be Ming...?
Chas Middleton: Archfiend from Space.
Moral:
Din, Din, Din! No jive: bring me Flash...alive!
That legumes grow that tall
young Jack couldn't know.
"Hey, Fatso! Your denims...?
Untactfully low!"
(Jack and the Beanstalk
& Back and the Jeans Talk.)
Moral:
Make sure your slacks expose no cracks!
Poet Poe pens nonsense verse. "Plus...phun," puns Uly, "I disburse." Its gamut runs from spam to worse. The po'sy posted...? Poe's diverse -- most, postcards from his universe, replies to grudges he must nurse. My summary...? Let me be terse: a mitzva, mostly. (Not a curse.)
