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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Shades of Big (A Dash of Nash)

    Our elephant's quite big.

 








  
     Herr Melvin Belli's elephant's belligerent and big -- 
    enough to carry 'roun' our town that very feral pig.
















   
  This cellar dweller elephant is big -- quite big enough 
 (and debonaire enough), to share The Spirit of La Mer
  his ninety-five-foot Paris-built twin-masted, square-rigg'd brig...

 












  ...whereas Ms Keller's* elephant's quite big enough as well...
  for, tho' 'tis thought a rarityshe's careful e'er to guarantee 
  that's ever kept in best repair our fairground's whirligig...
     *Ms Helen Keller, of course.




...but enough's enough!

Beer mit Lear/Wine mit Stein, in which Ed & Gert Propose Pick'd Poisons Get Pair'd -- via Verses (1) through (n) -- with Prominent Partners

Each verse in the  poem  below selects  from two to four  beverages, the  last- mentioned of which  is always crème de  menthe,  then pairs ...