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Fifi LeFleur, known as "Vertigo Faye"
     (step-

daughter by marriage to Ferde Grofé),
     de-

spite the affliction that prompted her name,
     notes 

life atop pillars will garner her fame:

     "So: 

Sim'on Stylites, for thirty-odd years, 

     made a 

pedestal home -- to the cheers of his peers.
     More sty-

lites would follow; all welcom'd the test.
     Thus the 

'polesters' I'll meet...? 10s! (The best never rest!)" 

*   *   *   *   *

     "Just sup-

pose I were chosen Commander-in-chief

     of the 

shed at the head of this barrier reef,"

     fancies 

Perry de Paul, adding, "If so install'd,

     I'll be 

more than fired up; I'll be wholly enthrall'd..."

     "...yes, and 

soak'd to the foreskin, brined up to the eyes,"

     inter-

jects Perry's kin, "as all seven seas rise."

     "Fret ye 

not!" notes de Paul. "My appointment's no whim.

     Plus, each 

atoll inhabitant knows how to swim."