An ink-lined plane is a blotting-pad!
THE LAST OF MARY
Mary had a little lamp,
Filled with benzoline;
Tried to light it at the fire,
Has not since benzine!
A BURIED WORD
It is difficult to imagine that the very incarnation of what is wild and forbidding is buried in those words of peace and promise, “On Christmas Eve you rang out Angel peals,” until we find in them the consecutive letters “ourangoutang!”
EVE’S APPLE
How many apples were eaten by Adam and Eve? We know that Eve 81, and that Adam 812, total 893. But Adam 8142 please his wife, and Eve 81242 please Adam, total 89,384. Then again Eve 814240 fy herself, and Adam 8124240 fy himself, total 8,938,480!
U C I D K
(You see I decay!)
“Surely, good sir, you follow me?
It is as plain as A B C.”
“Repeat it in a treble clef,
For I am rather D E F!”