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Saturday, May 24, 2025

Snarkstitutes! The Kraken & The Lubber Fiend

Aged ten 'n' three, I Jack Tar'd be,
though yet were sea legs lackin.'
Part man, part whelp, I plann'd (with help) 
to kill the kelp-clad kraken: 
I, arm'd with guns 'n' bullets (tons!),
bazookas, too, was packin.'

So: here's the gist: My peers insist
a posse be convened.
(There's but one rub: they're nuts to club
the loathsome lubber fiend: 
some irate Brit put out a hit;
his Smith & Wesson's clean'd.) 

Snarkstitutes! The Jubjub Bird

 


Jubjub 

Lewis Carrol's jubjub reportedly "will not look at a bribe." Uly Poe's jubjub...? Quite the opposite. 

Let's deputize and then advise
tough gals 'n' guys to gird 
each rump 'n' tail, then dump in jail 
the ur-schlub jubjub bird.
He's overdue for hard time, nu...?
(Reprieve...? Don't be absurd.)


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...