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Sunday, January 28, 2024

A is for A: An Illuminated Alphabet in Verse: Letters K & R

         K is for K:










     

     "I've built a Vitamin!" "That right...?
      So: whatcha gonna call it...?" 
     "Kalloo, kallay! I'll call it 'K.'
      With koin 'twill fill my wallet."


      R is for R:













       Readin.' 'Rightin.' 'Rithmetic: Aren't
      'R's the starts of these...?
       Not true; not true: the final two
       show, first, apostrophes!

A is for A: An Illuminated Alphabet in Verse: Letters L & Q

         L is for L







         
         Chicago's got (as Nome has not)
         an elevated Metro,
         one written 'L.' (I know it well:
         it's 'Loop'y, loud...and retro!)


         Q is for Q












         Intelligence -- i.e., good sense -- 
         one measures using 'Q.'
         Here's all you do: to age times 2 
         add... (I've no clue! Have you...?)

The Punday Funnies: Lt. Joe

Lieutenant Joe: remember him...?*
"You've got to be taught."
I pray for muscles firm 'n' trim:
"O, Gott! To be taut!"
     *Joseph Cable is the character 
       in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 
     "South Pacific" who sings the 
      lyric mentioned above.

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...