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Suffer the Squids
Saturday, 3 October 2009 09:12I. Rondelet
"Suffer the squids,"
She says, and then, "Please rhyme that phrase."
Suffer the squids?
It seems an odd task, what she bids,
But for her sake, I spend my days
And evenings counting all the ways
To suffer the squids.
II. Rondine
Suffer the squids and katydids,
The ossifrage and kangaroo,
The pig who wallows in her goo,
And other beasts the Law forbids.
But while the Lord proscribes and rids
These from your diet, yet must you
Suffer the squids.
Yes, never seethe the slaughtered kids
In nannys' milk, and yes, be true
To all of G-d's commands, but do
Not kill them, nor no more than He bids:
Suffer the squids.
---L.
"Suffer the squids,"
She says, and then, "Please rhyme that phrase."
Suffer the squids?
It seems an odd task, what she bids,
But for her sake, I spend my days
And evenings counting all the ways
To suffer the squids.
II. Rondine
Suffer the squids and katydids,
The ossifrage and kangaroo,
The pig who wallows in her goo,
And other beasts the Law forbids.
But while the Lord proscribes and rids
These from your diet, yet must you
Suffer the squids.
Yes, never seethe the slaughtered kids
In nannys' milk, and yes, be true
To all of G-d's commands, but do
Not kill them, nor no more than He bids:
Suffer the squids.
—16 July 2002
Two French forms on assignment. For the animals in the second, see Leviticus 11 (and Deuteronomy 14).---L.