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"Zut! Zoë's Zeke's Zak" |
Ep. 21: La Copa, Oz:
La Copa: a sand beach hotel…?
And Oz: em’rald city…? Oh, well.
Visit one, meet a wizard.
The other…? A lizard.
La Copa, Oz: heaven...? Nope! Hell!
Poet Poe pens nonsense verse. "Plus...phun," puns Uly, "I disburse." Its gamut runs from spam to worse. The po'sy posted...? Poe's diverse -- most, postcards from his universe, replies to grudges he must nurse. My summary...? Let me be terse: a mitzva, mostly. (Not a curse.)
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The Placozoa Chronicles, Episode 20: Rocky Mountain Hype
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"Your Yashmak'd Youngster's Yak" |
Ep. 20: Aaps, Colo.
The aal: Just a dal with bravado...?
Or some tripe miming ripe avocado...?
The Centennial State's
Aaps loads loads of aal crates.
(Scan your maps! Pinpoint Aaps, Colo.)
The Placozoa Chronicles, Episode 19: The How...?s of Wax
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"Xanthic Xylocopidae" |
Ep. 19: A Cazoo LP
If your record collection's like mine,
you like grading your discs 1 through 9.
But one pressing's so rare
it scores 10 anywhere:
A Cazoo LP -- IF genuine.
Monday, September 28, 2020
The Placozoa Chronicles, Episode 18: Forbidden Fruitcake
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"Wicked Warlock's Warrantee" |
Ep. 18: Lac Pozao
When "Which playground for comrades of Mao
who've been bann'd from Bill's bar in Bilbao
has won 'Best for Free Sex...'?"
asks a friend of you ex-,
recommend to that friend Lac Pozao.
who've been bann'd from Bill's bar in Bilbao
has won 'Best for Free Sex...'?"
asks a friend of you ex-,
recommend to that friend Lac Pozao.
The Placozoa Chronicles. Episode 17: Pass the Maypole Syrup!
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"Vicious Vole (de)Vouring Vivian Vance" |
Ep. 17: Calzoopa
May Day's menu...? For starters, try yams
topp'd with droplets of bearberry jams.
The entree's a pie --
freeze-dried butterfly's thigh.
What's for pudding...? Calzoopa di clams.
topp'd with droplets of bearberry jams.
The entree's a pie --
freeze-dried butterfly's thigh.
What's for pudding...? Calzoopa di clams.
The Placozoa Chronicles, Episode 16: Star Dreck
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"Uncle's (Ugh!) Unsightly Underpants" |
Ep. 16: A C.Z.A. Loop
Track this Placozoistical scoop:
space-time's squeez'd through a C.Z.A. Loop!
What's the upshot...? Our Moon's
trined albino-hued prunes
space-time's squeez'd through a C.Z.A. Loop!
What's the upshot...? Our Moon's
trined albino-hued prunes
and our Milky Way's mock turtle soup.
Sunday, September 27, 2020
The Placozoa Chronicles, Episode 15: Talkin' Balkin
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"Teddy Truckin' Ten-Ton Trash" |
Ep. 15: Ala Pózoç
Lest th'Abyss, with linguistical hopscotch,
wrest your etymological wristwatch,
do as Pózoçes do --
true Albanians, nu...?
When pronouncing, pronounce ala Pózoç!
wrest your etymological wristwatch,
do as Pózoçes do --
true Albanians, nu...?
When pronouncing, pronounce ala Pózoç!
The Placozoa Chronicles, Episode 14: Sullivan's Gilbert...? He, too's, a filbert.
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"Swirlin' Swami's Silken Sash" |
Ep. 14: Zap'a: Loco!
Which musicians' cognitions wax'd broke...? Faux-
belles-lett' pennin' John Lennon...? His Yoko...?
Courtney Love...? Johnny Rotten...?
So: who've we forgotten...?
Wag/crankchap tagg'd Frank Zap'a: Loco!
belles-lett' pennin' John Lennon...? His Yoko...?
Courtney Love...? Johnny Rotten...?
So: who've we forgotten...?
Wag/crankchap tagg'd Frank Zap'a: Loco!
Saturday, September 26, 2020
A Bartholomewsment, Baltimore Protest March Edition
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"Road-(En)Raged Rhode (Island) Reds" |
NO-KNOCK NO-KNOCK!
WHO'S THERE...?
GESTAPO!
GESTAPO WHO...?
GUESS! (STOP YO' KILLIN' BLACK PEOPLE!)
Runcibl'd Spooner: Que Paso, Picasso...?
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"Quinduplicated Quadrupeds" |
attempted by the Nose
in
Fitz’s tale.
(He’s such a nut!):
The
feeble glower
A three-part
A three-part
choral song for men
exalting
Pablo’s linocut:
The glee “Bull Flower”
The glee “Bull Flower”
The Placozoa Chronicles, Episode 13: Jumpin' Jesus
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"Pleated-Panted Palestrina" |
Ep. 13: Caza Polo
My Master's "...me tangere, Nolo*"
means, I gather, "I'd rather prance solo."
But whatever it means
He's seen struttin' His jeans
down at Lauren's saloon, Caza Polo.
means, I gather, "I'd rather prance solo."
But whatever it means
He's seen struttin' His jeans
down at Lauren's saloon, Caza Polo.
* 'Noli,' strictly. Still, Bible narratives
have been routinely adjusted with more
far-reaching consequences than one of
achieving a nonsense rhyme.
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