The readies, by bob brown  (Page 7/22)

In Coney Catcher (1) Thatcher Cooney Canny Island glance eyebrowover the Lowenbrau highbrow twoway twisty fisty 290 — 092 twofaced fish in the poley roley Pond. One side wins tother looses. Warrah. Godown Jonah Miracle Playboy.

Turn the crank (2) Larry.

This lazy-lady authoress zin a hurdygurdy hurry.

Zat’s me. I nose my

(3) verbunions.

Cant makeup my catsup rouge-mind whats on it.

(4) bare fax an’ pock

an’ pecks o’ (5) Pax.

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1. Flopside : a variant of flotsam with pidgin English “topside”
2. Not Fate . Fake. Here Mr. Brown’s righteous indignation gets the better of him and he delivers a well-deserved tirade on the ethical mores of Coney Island grifters.
3. Ask Dad . He knows: Hiram Watha: The meaning of this delicious motif mingling the war cry of a well-known pipe tobacco with the majestic strophe of Longfellow’s “Hiawatha” cannot be missed. “Hiram” also refers to the green-horn taken in by such obviously fraudulent practices. “Watha” clearly refers to the Waltham watch.
4. Shellshallow : an echo of the Yankee shell game played with a

No choose. (6) Flopside wins Jetsam loses. Loose change. All just blows down one windy nosey nostril an dup the tooting tother.

(7) Not fate. Fake. Ask Dad who runs the game.

(8) He knows. Whatside topside bottomside scrapeside you inside outside upside downside furside Hiram Watha pipeside.

He wins both ways, ways that are deep and ways that are wary shocking (9) shellshallow shocked.

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dried pea and three walnut shells. The author righteously denounces its hollow mockery.

1. Tender Button: A gracious gesture calling attention to the title of a book by a contemporary modern.
2. Oddly-story: Here a learned reference to the Odyssey i.e. Oddisy of Me.
3. Newt Neuter, frigged Newton: Surely a portentious esoteric ref. of grave import to the initiated and recommende d for close study by all present-day Browning or Blueing Clubs. The stress seems to be laid on Newton’s prior discovery of the Law of Gravity certainly not the childish Fig Newton of school days as some B.C. circles have advanced erroneously.

Like my winsome mind parted down the middle my middle yours truly

(10) tender button

Out of the insane salutarium solarium solaring above the solar plexipluvius I see word-

Wise twoeye (11) oddly-story me see.

I’m Newt Neuter. I’m on both sides (12) frigged Newton applesas. I storyfence rubberny-neck stretched your nicked necking knuckly neck. Canook neck.

It’s as plain as why what’s that on your

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1. Yis sid yir. Occasional precious passages like this suggest spiritual inspiration, almost divinely-driven writing of Blake. Here we may assume that our erudite author is enrapport with some choice prankish spirits through the ouija board, who affect the adorable cant of nil fuit unquam sic impar sibi drug-store cow-boys.

§ Melbolongetangy: Ref. Madame Melba’s famous peaches. Mel , Portuguese for honey, deftly merged with melange and suggesting lingerie. Bolonge from Bologna, an Italian city. The word get plus angry. Eva Tanguey. The oolong tea tango. Tanzy tea of Madame Garfield’s time. Balloon, etc.