(no subject)
After Disch and Levine, with apologies only to the former.
A is for Antics, of which I am fond;
B'd better be Bail or-barring that-Bond.
C is for Closings of prodigious length,
Because I refuse to abide by the notion that anything and everything can be distilled to a sound bite or encapsulated in a convenient metaphor. Complex issues ought to be treated as such, ought to be examined in depth and from more than one perspective, and if that takes seven minutes of your time, so be-
D for Debauchery, Debasement, Denny.
E is for Eloquence, which eludes many.
F is for Fishing at Nimmo Bay;
G is the Games that I am wont to play.
H is Hotel, rather than House,
I the Intent lacked when offing one's spouse.
J is for Jail. K is the Key
That locks you away or sets you free.
L is for Laughter held tightly in check;
M is the Moment it bursts forth to wreck
The pretense of Nonchalance (that would be N).
O is for Objections sustained often.
P is for Pink, preferrèd hue;
What could I choose but a Question for Q?
R is for Rules-bent, fractured, broken;
S has been censored with a stroke of my pen.
T is for Truth guaranteed by an oath;
U is for Utah and Undress, states both.
V is for Venturing hither and thither;
W's Wit, without which words wither.
X was a girlfriend whose name I expunged;
Y is for You, who I have adjudged
Worthy of reading this litany.
There are your constants-now solve for Z.
A is for Antics, of which I am fond;
B'd better be Bail or-barring that-Bond.
C is for Closings of prodigious length,
Because I refuse to abide by the notion that anything and everything can be distilled to a sound bite or encapsulated in a convenient metaphor. Complex issues ought to be treated as such, ought to be examined in depth and from more than one perspective, and if that takes seven minutes of your time, so be-
D for Debauchery, Debasement, Denny.
E is for Eloquence, which eludes many.
F is for Fishing at Nimmo Bay;
G is the Games that I am wont to play.
H is Hotel, rather than House,
I the Intent lacked when offing one's spouse.
J is for Jail. K is the Key
That locks you away or sets you free.
L is for Laughter held tightly in check;
M is the Moment it bursts forth to wreck
The pretense of Nonchalance (that would be N).
O is for Objections sustained often.
P is for Pink, preferrèd hue;
What could I choose but a Question for Q?
R is for Rules-bent, fractured, broken;
S has been censored with a stroke of my pen.
T is for Truth guaranteed by an oath;
U is for Utah and Undress, states both.
V is for Venturing hither and thither;
W's Wit, without which words wither.
X was a girlfriend whose name I expunged;
Y is for You, who I have adjudged
Worthy of reading this litany.
There are your constants-now solve for Z.