KRAZY KAT KONSIDERS REINKARNATION AS A GOLF BALL

For those who don’t remember the great George Herriman comic strip: Krazy Kat (who is sometimes male and sometimes female) is madly in love with Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz regards Krazy as—crazy, and tosses bricks at him/her in anger. When these bricks connect, as they usually do, Krazy takes it as a token of Ignatz’s love and is in ecstasy. Offisa Pupp (a dog policeman) is in love with Krazy but never declares it. He tries (usually in vain) to prevent Ignatz from throwing a brick. Once the brick is thrown, Offisa Pupp hauls Ignatz to jail. Ignatz is a married mouse. Krazy often speaks in a kind of Yiddish accent: “ket” for “kat.”

Dearest Ignatz,

Think of me as a small
Round, white ball
Sitting on a little
White stick call-
Ed (I am ignerint why) a tee
Then you should SWING,
Little Dollink, and HIT ME
As if I suddenly got WINGS
I ZOOM into the skies
Dunt worry, you won’t flub,
Dearie, just hit me with d club
Lil Angil! Up to your old tricks
But with golf you dunt need bricks!
Up into the skies!
O Hippiness!
Sitting on d tee,
I’ll be d spouse
Of Swinging Sammy Tiger Ignatz Mouse!
(Lil Angil)
WHAM!

DJANGO

pluck image

Django Reinhardt

the illiterate
(the illiterate)
professor
(professor)
speaks with his guitar
(speaks with his guitar)
he is a dark gypsy
(he is a dark gypsy)
with mustache and sly smile
(with mustache and sly smile)
he is speaking farrrrum farrrrrum
(he is speaking farrrrum farrrrum)
on a subject of the most
(on a subject of the most)
immense, immediate, life-changing
(immense, immediate, life-changing)
interest
(interest)
and his chords tell us
(and his chords tell us)
what we can do
(what we can do)
what we can do
(what we can do)
Improv / improves sings the guitar
(Improv/ improves sings the guitar)
to a classroom masquerading
(to a classroom masquerading)
as a night club
(as a night club)
or a concert hall
(or a concert hall)
the professor
(the professor)
rat a tats & riddles
(rat a tats & riddles)
roars & rambles
(roars & rambles)
tells us with superb intelligence
(tells us with superb intelligence)
of Charlie Parker
(of Charlie Parker)
and of wild
(and of dark)
gypsy
(gypsy)
ways
(ways)

Jack Foley
Copyright © 2008

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