Once more our village palpitates With joyous preparations To celebrate the bloomsome rose With proper incantations.

making our western wits fat & mean

Valor' wins the battle, not death!

The walk was a schlep, but it was a schlep Wallace and I did together. I was singing the song about the letters of the alphabet and about alligators and balloons from the Maurice Sendak book that Carole King put to music.