Since Clary first posted the "mishy-phen"
(a form rather much like a squishy fen,
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it's been lost in a swamp of theology.
My taste for such quirks of philology
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTis starving--a state I abhor.
I've appealed to the staff of this medium
to help me break free of the tedium . . .
BANNED POSTBANNED POST(Please, I intend no offense,
but it's hellishly hard on the Web, you see
--like jackhammers making like Debussy--
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTto triple rhyme still making sense.)
I digress. My request is a modest one,
and certainly far from the oddest one
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTthat's ever been asked in this place.
Might there please be a separate filament
for verses that wear the habiliment
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTof mishy-phen form, wit, and grace?
I'm hooked on this word-splitting ritual
and fear it will soon be habitual;
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTdoes anyone share this disease?
If so, will you practice your levity
(with maybe a scruple more brevity)
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTand second my asking it, please?
Jan
[This message has been edited by Jan D. Hodge (edited January 19, 2002).]
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