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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

I. Tangents (Past) II. OsloSolo (Unpub)

     I. Tangents 

Hello, Dolly. Auntie Mame.
One's fuscation. T'other's fame.
Bros...by any other name.
Anti-Dolly...? Hello, Mame!

Rev'rend Dodgson. Ditto Spooner.
Both bi-polar: solar/lunar. 
This a planter. That a pruner.
Lutwidge Dodgson...? Archie Spooner.

Chance the Gard'ner. Donald Trump.
Don's a Pard'ner (praeter-plump)
and a Mugwump. (Will he jump...?)
En garde! Don is on the stump.

Rhyming meter. Meter'd rhyme.
This one's vocal. That's in mime.
One's "Who is it...?" T'other's "I'm!"
Rhythmic meter...? Metric rhyme.

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     II. OsloSolo

Hexaphone improv:
one theme, two cartoons --
plus three S's, four L's
and five O's. (Twice six runes.) 


Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Anagramaniacal Opening Lines

Lolita, light of my life...  ...might fail to yell "Foil!"...  ...or opt to yell "Epee!" -- she's just that unpredic...