+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|@ | @ || _Prognostix._ | _SARDINES._ |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 1| T || @ _Windy_ @ _winds_ @ | |
| 2| W || _with sighns_ @ @ @ | Thare is only one good substitute |
| 3| T || @ _ov_ @ _wind_ | for the endearments of a sister, |
| 4| F || "Sorosis" (@) fust | and that iz the endearments |
| 5| S || born @ @ 1206 born | ov sum other phellows sister. |
| 6| G || @ agin @ @ @ | |
| 7| M || 1868 @ _very_ @ _windy_| * * * * * |
| 8| T || _with_ @ @ _wind_ | Cheerfull old girls are the brides |
| 9| W || @ @ _gusts_ peach @ | maids ov society. |
|10| T || crop cut @ @ | |
|11| F || off az @ @ @ usual | * * * * * |
|12| S || Robinson @ Cruso | |
|13| G || @ @ died @ 1492 | About the meanest kritter thare |
|14| M || now yoke @ @ pigs | iz now travelling around on the |
|15| T || and geese @ @ | buzzum ov the earth, iz a bashfull |
|16| W || plant @ lobsters | hypokritt. |
|17| T || and @ @ lettiss for | |
|18| F || @ sallad _look_ @ _out_| * * * * * |
|19| S || @ _for_ @ _wind_ | I hope I shall never hav so |
|20| G || count @ @ yure @ | mutch reputashun, that i shant |
|21| M || @ cockroaches @ | feel obliged tew be civil. |
|22| T || and see if @ @ enny | |
|23| W || @ hav bin @ mislaid | |
|24| T || congress @ @ | The biggest phool in this world |
|25| F || adjourns @ less @ | hazn't been born yet. |
|26| S || wind _sour_ @ _and_ | |
|27| G || _cold_ a @ @ good @ | * * * * * |
|28| M || @ @ time @ to | |
|29| T || trade off @ @ | Natur is just az honest az a |
|30| W || a mule @ @ | cow. |
|31| T || | |
+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+
_APRIL MONOGRAPH._
"April, dear April, chuck full ov charms,
Cum, cum, oh cum, tew mi arms,"
thus warbled the poet, more than twelve thousand years ago, and he knew
his bizz, he had the right sting in him, he want none ov yure pedigree
poets, nor dispepshee poets, nor whiskee poets.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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