The Oxford Comma: Issa's Sunday Service, #109

Never trust a lead that will be viral in about oh 5 seconds ago but, of course, a hack writer like me can't resist:

Oxford University Doesn't Give a Fuck About the Oxford Comma

Vampire Weekend, that catchy, hooky, hip little rock band with the name that slid under about oh 5 seconds before the whole vamp thing went viral, obviously never has. This little puppy speaks all for itself.

Though one might ask how do you slip a reference to Dharamsala into a laid back, reggae tinged, pop confection? Why, just like this!


Oxford Comma

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
I've seen those English dramas too
They're cruel
So if there's any other way
To spell the word
It's fine with me, with me

Why would you speak to me that way
Especially when I always said that I
Haven't got the words for you
All your diction dripping with disdain
Through the pain
I always tell the truth

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford climber?
I climbed to Dharamsala too
I did
I met the highest lama
His accent sounded fine
To me, to me

Check your handbook
It's no trick
Take the chapstick
Put it on your lips
Crack a smile
Adjust my tie
Know your boyfriend, unlike other guys

Why would you lie about how much coal you have?
Why would you lie about something dumb like that?
Why would you lie about anything at all?
First the window, then it's to the wall
Lil' Jon, he always tells the truth

Check your passport
It's no trick
Take the chapstick
Put it on your lips
Crack a smile
Adjust my tie
Know your butler, unlike other guys
Why would you lie about how much coal you have?
Why would you lie about something dumb like that?
Why would you lie about anything at all?
First the window, then it's through the wall
Why would you tape my conversations?
Show your paintings
At the United Nations
Lil' Jon, he always tells the truth

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This week's feature poem from the Lilliput archive comes from issue #82, originally published in August 1996. Enjoy.

Reality

reality is
the metal all
the maya is
made from

Steven M. Thomas

in a dewdrop world
singing of dewdrops...
summer cicada

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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