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Saturday, June 13, 2020

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter T









Ask'd "True or false:
'The Skater's Waltz'
was done by one Waldteufel...?",
I'd answer 'T.'* 
('F,' 'N' and 'B'...? 
Those three leave me less joyful.**)

     * Testees are instructed to enter, 
in the box provided, 'T' for 'true,' 'F' for 
'false,' 'B' for 'both' or 'N' for 'neither,' 
'nowt' or 'nertz.' ** Older mss show 
"annoyful" for "less joyful." 

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter S

If Hitler's faves
('bout whom Herr raves)
I deign to designate,
I 'S' redact --
'SS,' in fact --
for lugs we love to hate.

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter R


Readin,' 'ritin,'
'rithmetic: aren't
'R's the star(t)s of these...?
Not true! Not true!
Those final two
show, first, apostrophes!

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter N


If numbers I
would specify --
tho' nothin' too specific --
an 'n' you'd see,
like "...nth degree..."
tho' Ns can be horrific.

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