Thursday, October 16, 2008

Suffragettes Star in Vaudville Villanelle

Suffragettes storm Senegal shores
Schlep like the devil and revel in bargains
Suffragettes restored

Inform Senegal general stores
Sell de-horned unicorns and buy Diebenkorns on margin
Suffragettes storm Senegal shores

Later return to ship’s warpwood floors
Lay down lady Moses-es in panty hoses under tarpaulins
Suffragettes restored

Share fishsticks ‘n’ smores
Bored to snores by Captain Morgan’s jargon
Suffragettes storm Senegal shores

On wave, on gloss, on moss-shorn Mayfair tors
Off to Kentucky for derby’s and Bourbon
Suffragettes restored

Of go-lucky galore gainsay more of Morgan's mariner’s lore
Pardon us, Warden—the Serpent, the Garden, the Gorgon
Suffragettes storm Senegal shores
Suffragettes restored

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