The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
The Palmer Method of Child Cruelty - a poem
Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com
The Palmer Method of Child Cruelty
Left-handed children will write prettily
To Old Lady Stalin’s specifications
When Buna, Texas freezes over – twice
Or wicked Palmer rises from the dead
“Why can’t you write neatly, like your brother?
Just look what a chicken-scratch you’re making
You’ll stay in from recess and write it over
And don’t you waste so much paper this time…”
No stories, no thoughts, only soulless curves
Left-handed children will write angrily
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