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Friday, May 6, 2022

So Long, Singsong!

We used to live in stylish times,
when ev'ry verse occurr'd with rhymes.
But current bards have barr'd that door.
(Does one hear like sounds anymore...?)
     In stylish times we used to live.
Then, rhyming was determ'native.
Adieu, Jay Z! Ciao, Dr. Seuss!
Auf Wiedersehen, Mother Goose!

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...