When "Gimme a Visky!" Were Thought a Bit Risky: a Meterhyme

Before they’d heard how Garbo talks, 
they’d wonder’d, “Maybe Garbo balks 
at having to record 'that voice.' 
Perhaps great Greta Garbo squawks.” 
 
Before they’d heard how Garbo speaks, 
they'd ponder’d, “Maybe Garbo squeaks -- 
a pitch o’er which she bears no choice." 
(They each could teach her voice techniques.) 
 
Before they ’d heard how Garbo laughs 
at Melvin's* Paris bistro gaffes, 
they'd maunder’d, “Might Mel make her smile...?” 
"I'll say,” thought they. “Mel Garbo chaffes.” 
 
In 1990, Garbo dies. 
Begin they then to analyze 
the art at heart of Garbo style: 
"It weren’t 'that voice.' 'Twere them there eyes."

* Garbo's Ninotchka co-star Melvyn Douglas.