Through the Looking-Glass - "T'weren't Legal..."

It's too bad Lewis Carroll didn't have an additional given name, something like Timothy or Thaddeus, because then his initials would be T.L.C.

As it is, many of my earliest post titles (Chasing the Rabbit Down the Hole, Curiouser and Curiouser, and Into the King's Court) were references to Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (actually, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872.)

Perhaps this subconcious phenomenon was in recognition of my precipitous slide toward the surreal and twisted world just over the fence,

• where laws mean the opposite of what they say;
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• where actresses parrot lines from an ancient script, the origin of which was nearly lost in antiquity;
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• where these caricatures* publicly display broad Cheshire Cat smiles, which suddenly appear and more quickly disappear as their ocassion or audience changes;
• (no appearance of magic mushrooms yet).

Therefore. . . with apologies to Lewis Carroll. . . and credit for his understanding and inspiration in bringing his magical creatures to life. . . I offer a minor re-write of Jabberwocky.

T-L-Wocky

T'weren't legal... yet the cater cysts

Did gambol long on Fishback Road:
All misty were their origins
And the O. Rex outgrowed.

"Swear off the roach coach food, my son!

The mobile home! The stinky grease!
Forestall the Crystal truck, and shun
The frumious Scotsman's ice!"

He took his legal pen in hand;

Long time the noisesome prats he sought--
So rested he by the dum-dums' tree
And stood in restless thought.

And, as in sleepless muse he slumped,

The T-L-Wocks - six eyes aflame! -
Came gnashing 'cross their mangy dump
And burbled as they came!

One - Nine - Eight - Six! ... until today!

The research sword went snicker-snack!
He left them stunned, and with their buns
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain M-F P-U's?"

"Yes, sir, they all are on the block!"
"Oh, frabjuous day! Calloo, callay!"
We all cheered 'til we croaked.

T'weren't legal... yet the cater cysts

Did gambol long on Fishback Road:
All misty were their origins
And the O. Rex outgrowed.

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* caricature (n) imitation, impersonation, parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on.