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THE R'LYEHAN PALIMPSESTS
by Michael Tice & Rebecca Strong
with apologies and well-deserved adulation directed to Edward Gorey,
whose "The Chinese Obelisks" provided the inspiration for the present
work.
A was an Artist who sketched many things:
B was a Blasphemy, fat and with wings
C was a Changeling all covered with hair
D was a Dilettante wracked with despair
E was an Eye that seldom would blink
F was a Fish with a palpable stink
G was a Goddess everted and horned
H was a Homicide nobody mourned
I was an Illusion of ineffable joys
J was a Judge who was too fond of boys
K was a Khan who collected old bones
L was a Liquid that uttered soft moans
M was a Mastiff consuming a child
N was a Network of angles gone wild
O was an Object that can't be discerned
P was a Paper that was partially burned
Q was a Quorum of thirteen magicians
R was a Recipe of carnal positions
S was a Statue of nothing at all
T was a Tome in an illegible scrawl
U was a Uvula cut from a snake
V was a Virus unleashed by mistake
W was a Warning that wasn't obeyed
X was a Xerophyte dying in shade
Y was Yog-Sothoth who pervades the whole plenum
Z was a Zombie with veins full of venom
