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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!

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...