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Friday, January 20, 2023

Poetaster Poe Computes or Wonk at Work

 


You Say "Potato" and I Say "Capsicum Annuum": a Sound Limerick

     In most cases, your second reading 
     will likely prove the poet's intended one. 

Linnaeus! Linnaeus! Linnaeus! 
Carl can knee us...filet us...decry us:
un-unsnarl'd, each expression
breeds one gnarly mess -- 'n'
I loathe how in knots our tongues tie us.

Needs

I breathe only air  from New Zealand.  I drink only water  from Perth.  I eat only produce  pick'd fresh in Peru.  (If only I'd done...