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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Spooners of Circumstance

Sondheim sung to Mrs. Lovett.
I'm a mutt: no breed above it!
     "Not while I'm around" / Rottweil'...? I'm "an 'ound!"

Monday, September 5, 2022

Sunday, September 4, 2022

SuperSpoon

The Quaker bard to worth of youth 
and nature would attest. 
     Among the puns on Whittier's verse, 
this "Boy-foot bear" one's best.
     A boardroom head -- one Lego-shod -- 
whose nose has been suppress'd.
          Barefoot boy with cheek of tan /
          boy-foot bear with teak of Chan /
          toy-foot Chair with beak of ban

Friday, September 2, 2022

Nanny Nonsense's Nursery Toy Closet of Celebrity Borrowed Interest

The Orson Beanbag

The Jack Paarcheesi
The Sylvia SimsCity
The Clue Gulager 
     (the three above per SS) 

The J. Willard MarriYahtzee 
The Atilla the Hungry Hungry Hippo 
The Brad Pit
The Lieutenant General H. R. McMastermind  

The Tarot Yamamoto 
The Leo G. Carrom 
The Baby Snooker
The Marlene Dietrichtactoe 

The Ronald Pickupsticks
The Harry Partcheesi 
The Augustine of Hippokemon 
The Hale Boggle

The Robert Cootie 
The O. Winston SLinky 
The Justice Hugo Blacktion Figure
The Oliver Twister 

The Marilyn Monopoly  
The Hamid Karxylophone
The Herb Blokus
The Neville Shutes and Ladders

The John Candyland  
The Donald Duck Pins
The Mickey Mousetrap 
The Feodor Chaliapinball Machine 

The Salman Rushdecoder Ring
The Gore De Volleyball 
The Deng Xiao Ping Pong Paddles 
The Hedy La Marbles  

The Don Qui Kong Arcade Game 
The Igor Stravinskee-Ball 
The Vincent Van Go-cart 
The Hermann Göring Toss 

The Edgar Allan Poetato Head
The Bibi Netanyahula Hoop 
The Hugo Matuscheckerboard 
The Leo Tolstoy Soldiers

The Walter Cronkite
The Klaus Barbie 
The John Coletrain Layout 
The Ludwig von Bakeoven

The Lucille Ball
The Rafael Nadoll
The James Armisteddy Bear
The Johann Sebastian Blocks

Thursday, September 1, 2022

The Bigliest Loser or POTUS the GOATUS* *Goat-Of-All-Time of the United States

 (a work in progress)

Ghosts in the Machines

      (A work in progress)

The Lever
The Wheel & Axle
The Pulley
The Inclined Plane
The Wedge
The Screw

The Making of a Spoon

Rudyard Kipling's concubine. 
Crone's whetstone nears Ursine line.
     A rag, a bone, a hank of hair / A hag, a hone, a rank of bear

Spooner of Lambeth

President's clone who's the bane of the Right.
Rag-pickin' crone who'll remain out of sight.
     Hunter Biden / Bunter, hidin'

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

New Year's Queries

     Must our 'end's tend to rend our 'begin's
as our fingers finagle our fins...?
     Must our angels extinguish our djinns
as our Bezoses brainwash our Brins...?
     Must our paperclips poison our pins
as our Sawyers torpedo our Finns...?
     Pray our losses fall short of our wins!
Hey! Our losses must lose to our wins!

     Must our grimaces gainsay our grins
as our Ho Chi Minhs mangle our Nins...?
     Must our newcomers needle our kins
as our Judases jostle our Pnins...?
     Must our forthcomings battle our beens
as our stables make room for our inns...?
     Pray our losses fall short of our wins!
Hey! Our losses must lose to our wins!

     Must our kindnesses kill off our sins
as our bones break the back of shins...?
     Must our truths disestablish our spins
as our clamshells outnumber our tins...?
     Must our shirts beat the pants off our skins
as our triplets outnumber our twins...?
     Pray our losses fall short of our wins!
Hey! Our losses must lose to our wins!

The Casuarina Spoon

One of those sweet-sixteen types.
Gael whose glè mhath on the pipes.
     High-school girl / Guy who'll skirl

"King Dump": "Ubu Roi" Reimagined Yet Again

  (More to come; a work in progress.)