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Deadly Dumas Fan
Monty.
Monty Chris: a whistler.
He towed a Monte Cristo tome to home.
Monty Chris towed Monte Cristo!
–to the bistro, whistling.
The Thistle Bistro.
And–
Monty Chris, he owns two pistols.
Each a crystal pistol
Crafted to sequester kestrels.
So:
Monty Chris towed Monte Cristo, whistling, toting to The Thistle Bistro crystal pistols.
Skedaddle kestrels!
She-Ra Comes Out
Deb.
Deb: debutante.
Don’t you taunt Deb, a debutante.
Restaurant.
Debutantes’ he-man haunt.
He-man haunt for man-hunters.
Herman: he-man.
Deb debuts to Herman he-man!
He-man Herman is a seaman.
He-man seaman Herman is so debonair.
Puts Deb on air!
Deb—you taunt!
Feline Discrimination
Of all of the cat kingdom’s paucities
That lie in the onerous laws, kitties,
Passed by the hogs
Adjured by the dogs:
The ban of construction of paw cities.
Winfrey’s Maritime Musical
Malay one-mast boat? A proa.
Proa master? Proa pro.
Oprah wrote some opera notes
For disadvantaged proa floaters.
Oprah’s opera?
Poor Proa Pro Boaters.
Sick Old Man
Cyril:
Lothario of old!
Immoral Cyril.
Now:
A seventies Cyril.
Senile Cyril.
Senile Cyril’s sterile.
Cyril’s serum? No more solo!
Or stereo.
So:
The old Lothario, Senile Cyril, sterile, immoral, oral’d an Oreo.
Burial.
Minty Mouthful
Reginald.
Reginald of Oregon.
Reginald’s oregano!
A regional oregano of Oregon.
Oregon’s oregano!
Reginald’s original oregano.
Reginald’s regional original Oregon oregano!
Clean Felines
Bathsheba.
Bathsheba’s cat? “Bast.”
Bast attacks bats.
Bast stabs bats!
Bathsheba bathes.
A Bathsheba bath!
On the Sabbath bathes Bathsheba.
Bast stabs bats on the Sabbath as Bathsheba has a bath.
Inflamed Digits
Toe.
Toes!
Two toes.
A tickle of toes.
My toe; yours.
Pair of toes – to-night – us — !
Peritonitis.
Cattle Trouble
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