Below you'll find expressed fifteen textual equations.
Within each, a pair of ratios -- through their meters, rhymes
and Spoonerisms -- appear unexpectedly equivalent. The
notation employ'd to express them -- "a : b :: c : d" --
should be read "a is to be as c is to d."
paste those placards down the street : post no bills ::
"I'm off meds," she's heard to bleat : boast...? "No pills!"
her pinkies ring (they also stink) : bells on her toes ::
she snitches on her suitors...Fink! : tells on her beaus
illumined by monastic scribes : the Book of Kells ::
Isabella's chef...? Good vibes! : the cook of Belle's
part of count towards starting bell : ..."two for the show..." ::
pinkie slipper -- S, M, L : shoe for the toe
solfeggio pitches, sung in line : do, re, mi ::
a classic urbs begins decline : Rome, A.D.
beacoup performances it ran : The Me Nobody Knows ::
'tweren't him, my friend; 'twere some ol' man : then, he...? No, buddy: Mose!
he classic renovatio led : the Renaissance Man ::
as Father's sisters, nephews sped : the men, as aunts, ran
half a pair of magic shoes : ruby slipper ::
off'd Jack's sister (and his muse...?) : slew Bea Ripper
brass knuckles, clubs 'n' knives : gat mates ::
prefers pre-teens to wives : Matt Gaetz
it won Patricia Neal a Tony : Another Part of the Forest ::
more stench -- as from some putrid pony : another fart -- of the poorest
he's not some guy who deals in cheese : a butter 'n' egg man ::
you'll call me only Marg'ret, please : an utterin' "Meg" ban
keeps himself unto himself : a man of few words ::
haunts the Feline Language shelf : a fan of Mew words
pair adds meaning to 'retired' : suicide pact ::
Edward Bear's eleven's fired : Pooh...? His side's sack'd
Hebrew National on bun : a Coney Island frank ::
fictitious Scot -- eccentric one : a phoney 'ighland crank
Shaw's Salvation Army vet : Major Barbara ::
colloqu'al "tan (wife's cigarette)" : "beige ('er Mar'bora)"
colloqu'al "tan (wife's cigarette)" : "beige ('er Mar'bora)"
