As I admire each proposition fair, the pronic number and the perfect square, the puzzling intricate equation solv'd, as Grecia's chief the Gordian knot dissolv'd;

• John Bartley

It was a typical Texas summer: hotter than a bygod and not a cloud in sight.

‘Datʼs what makes me skeered.’

Pactolus with his waters shere Throwes forth upon the rivage