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Abbreviated Nonsense

October 07, 2009
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From Life magazine, Dec. 1932, p.19:

ABBREVIATED NONSENSE

Of persons I know a great No.
Who go to the Opera and slo.

I've often walked the Ave.
To see the beauties. Have.?

I bought stock in a western oil Co.
As for oil, I don't think they po.

The knowledge to be an Esq.
Is one that is hard to acq.

A woman needed a Dr.
Because her husband sr. [!!!]

If I were a rich atty.
I'd go for a nice ocean jy.

A nun who aspired to be a St.
Was kissed and feel down in a ft.

—E.L.E.