1: Frontispiece
“Each morn I rise with brushing of the teeth
2: And choose my clothing for the day to come.”
“Did Doctor Seuss
Take thee unto a haberdashery,
And afterward treat thee unto a meal
3: Of em’rald chicken’s eggs and jambon vert?”
4: “Whate’er.”
“’Tis wherefore I have come unto this place,
5: This refuge mine: Westside Pavilion mall.”
“In simple letters, penn’d by tender hand,
There was a verse of passing beauty writ,
6: with signature of one Admirer Secret.”
“We shall both read one book—not school assign’d—
7: For education and enjoyment both.”
“The way lads dress is nothing short of odd,
8: As if they fell, like apples, from their beds…”
“A chick doth signal me by feather shed.
9: Perchance she’ll help me climb the pecking order.”
“I’ll paint thee to appear as white as snow,
10: Yet thou art flush’d, and must unwind thy nerves…”
“I cannot stop our progress—we are bound
11: Unto the boulevard, whatever will!”
12: “Help! Stop, ye villains! Help! O, bring me up!”
“Do thy words mean thou car’st for me as well?”
13: “More care have I than I could ever tell.”