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Thursday, February 05, 2009

9 Foibles about a Woman from the Left Bank of Limerick

Just out Down Under at The Chimaera with brilliant audio by Austin Publicover:

9 Foibles about a Woman from the Left Bank of Limerick

I.
She lived in a house with a louse of a spouse: a louse, a louse, with lice on his head and a grouse in his bed; no small wonder she wished him dead.


II.
She lived in a house, a mousy gray house and her spouse was a souse: a souse, a souse, with mice in his head and a louse in his bed; no big surprise he wished her dead.


III.
She lived in a house but she wasn’t a mouse; but she looked like a mouse, a plump weeish mouse, and her spouse was a louse, a lard of a louse, as gross as that house; no, he wasn’t a louse, he was verly a mouse, but she was a louse with rice in her head and an old gray blouse; and she killed his pet grouse until it was dead (they said). ...........

(etc.) The Chimaera

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