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Friday, January 22, 2021

'Matters' Matters: A Rhyme

Black lives matter...? 'Deed they do!
Jack knives matter. (Bread knives, too.)
Green chives matter, as do blue.
Clean rives matter: pass right through.
Tight shives matter, should one brew.
Night drives matter, would one woo.

Endives matter. (That you knew.) 
Ten fives matter. (Bad luck due...?)
Charles Ives matters, listen'd to. 
Arles chives matter. (Misted, nu...?)
Ogives matter. (Move your pew!) 
“No Jive!” matters. True Blue (who....?)

Deep dives matter: name your crew.  
(Bleep!) swives matter. Shame on you!
Pull’d skives matter: ones off ewe. 
Full hives matter: honey's dew.
Alewives matter. Odor...? Whew! 
All lives matter! Deja vu.)

     * Verses can be personified by 
replacing 'Lou' with any of a range of 
other one-syllable given names, e.g., 
Drew, Sue, Fu, Pru, Stu and so forth.

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