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Monday, June 20, 2022

Before, Miss Mupp (11)

Before, Miss Mupp, you flub it up,
you might just write it down.
Is it, when blurbs cry out for verbs,
not craft to draft a noun...?
     As tragedy expands, you'll see 
it's no mean feat to clown.
Nor be you keen on bein' green
when all you've been is brown.
     You can't abide the countryside,
but fled the dreaded town.
If pennies bought one tender thought, 
how many'd buy a crown...?
     When silly isles engender smiles,
which landscapes spawn a frown...? 
Would you be saved had you but waved...?
Or were you sure to drown...?

What A's Still Not For: A Revised Reissue Of An Early Illuminated Alphabet

The 2019 original "What A's Not For," addressed to a boy and his sister, indicated one at a time to that anonymous pair not on...