Friday, August 23, 2019

Words from a Teacher's Past, 40



“Words, words, words.”
    Hamlet (2.2)

List #8: (e) sordid, (f) controversy

The tale was sordid—mercy, me!
And controversy? Everywhere.
I’m glad I wasn’t there to see
The bear that stripped and went ’round ... bare.

I’m not sure why he pulled that trick—
Or why it ever did occur
But it was really kind of sick.
Oh, bear don’t ever shed your fur!*

(It’s more than all of us can ... bear.)

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