l
are you going to the billigits fair
mothball weasel pinto flounder are there
be sure to take the one you tolerate
and not the result of losing a dare
ll
saragun springs has only one season
spummerautner describes hot and freezin
the billies again are slamming my rhyme
they claim its why their faces are creasing
iii
it will be fine at the billigits fair
mothball weasel pinto flounder still there
remember me to one just like the song
or to two if you get stuck with a spare
iv
did you go to the billigits lame fair
weasel mothball pinto flounder were there
they said making three “air” stanzas is dumb
no way in hell will I be back next yair
Saragun Springs 
Leila
The reinvention and incorporation of the old songs into the new rubaiyats which are themselves (very much in their own way) new rubaiyats taking off from Omar Kayyam who gotten taken up by Edward Fitzgerald, adds levels to this continuing serial poem that give it extra levels and weights and lights and shades (in a good way)! The combination of popular culture, literary high culture, and personal (and very human) personality (the invention of an idiosyncratic, “realistic,” original fantasy land – or world) all makes for VERY compelling, and hilarious, reading! Awesome and true. Bravo and applauses…looking forward to more and more. It “feels” like it’s on its way to a book-length poem, each separate part of which can stand on its own too.
Dale
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Hi Dale
The billigits usually get out of control. What was intended for a couple of posts has kept going, one tomorrow and another three next week. Might one less than Omar, out of respect.
Thanks again for the great compliments!
Leila
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“got” not “gotten” – I got carried away and ended up with a typo…
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Strawberry, rosemary, and time
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Hi Doug
When I first heard the song I thought the spices were girl names. I thought what weirdo names–but I was something like nine, so that was typical.
Thank you
Leila
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This is a cool H. Bloom quote about WS:
“…the swiftness and compression of Shakespeare’s mind…”
From THE ANATOMY OF INFLUENCE: LITERATURE AS A WAY OF LIFE (written when Bloom was in his 70s)
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I forgot to mention John Milton, who did his best work in his 50s and 60s…including when he created SATAN…
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