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Friday, November 17, 2023

Runcibl'd Spooner: Bartleby

Melville's tale is good, if odd:
"Bartleby the Scrivener."
Jean Paul's lot...? Grant gifts from God:
Sartre'll be the Brivener.

     *'Briven' in Uganda means 'godgiven.'

Carpe Diembryo! Another Eggcentregg Ovaview: Poeuforations

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Poeuforations

"Hystereggs be my plight," sighs she,
"what with my hystereggtomy."
"Small peanuts! Lookee here," harps he,
"and "Ei"* my appendeggtomy!"

     *'Ei' is German for egg. Here it puns the English verb eye meaning to look at closely.

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Anagramaniacal Opening Lines

Lolita, light of my life...  ...might fail to yell "Foil!"...  ...or opt to yell "Epee!" -- she's just that unpredic...