By: John Holbo

A Double-Parody For All And None

By: John Holbo

“A demand he say WHY/(And not just prophesy.)”

By: John Holbo

“Overman, Roverman, meaning of Earth!”

By: John Holbo

“So I hope it falls DOWN!/All I see in this town!”

By: John Holbo

“To be good — to be whole!/But first you shall be — stranger!”

By: John Holbo

“For there’s this — the abyss/Is no sight you should miss!”

By: John Holbo

“If it’s UP you would go/First you must go below”

By: John Holbo

“Each new wave’s solemn vow:/Now is NOW!”

By: John Holbo

“Like some bird whose high perch has/Been axed, cleaved and cleft!”

By: John Holbo

“By the past, in the lurch, you/Will find yourselves left!”

By: John Holbo

“Tomorrow is golden-NEW/This should embolden you!”

By: John Holbo

“For casting a cast/To catch something quite VAST!”

By: John Holbo

“That’s WHY fortune’s fickler/And WHY I’m a stickler”

By: John Holbo

“History pickles/The things of the past!”

By: John Holbo

“Dame Fortune/Is fickler than that/(If you’ve met her!)”