METACROSTIC #4
Clues

METACROSTIC #4: Quote #4: Backup Clues HOME PAGE



A.
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	 204   143   79    62    15    43     5
She uses all her ways and wiles
And still he doesn't come to her
But her influence spreads out for miles
And he does, at last, succumb to her.


B.
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	 123   144   214   198   14    154   102   153   27       112   20    58    189   139   63    162
Thank God for little favors,
If I understand what you're telling.
Without this, yesterdays flavors
Today I'd still be smelling.


C.
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	 76    70    122   13    57    216   93    146
Divine retribution
Was all very nice,
But it was no substitution
For extracting your price.


D.
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	 65    191   41    98    126   184    19
When it comes to proper usage
Some folks rule the roost despotically.
My great-aunt's sister, in her dotage,
Could recite the rules hypnotically.


E.   
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	 186   89    195   55    131   206   145   46    120   215     3    17    77     8
The Bill of Rights, according to some,
Is an unsuccessful sequel.
But I feel we shall overcome,
All other things being equal.


F.
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	 150    40    26   142   188       33    78       97   164   124   212
We always take the car
No matter how often we say
That nothing is too far
and there is no rush anyway.


G.
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	 185   109   132   174    25   181   199    4     85
Folks often hoot and holler
That from outside they're inferior.
But to really sense the squalor
You should check out the interior.


H.	
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	 105   177      207    34
I thought it quite amusing
But it didn't get a chuckle.
On the costume I was using,
I couldn't close the buckle.


I.
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	  44   168   103   134    1    171   94    90    179   56        80    61    192   116   156
Dylan said it's how she acts,
And some guys cultivate it.
Still others feel that it detracts;
They're not as liberated.


J.
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	 87    213   152   36       217   130      16    45    108   10
First introduced by Dusty,
Who also told us what the world needs.
My memory is rusty
As to how she spent the proceeds.


K.
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	 22    42    172   113   84    75    35    136   101   60
You say his crime's habitual,
His traits are so deep rooted,
That as in individual
He's irreversibly polluted.


L.
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	 190   32    155   140   74    208
First they tell us what to do
And prepare us to support ourselves.
And all along they make much ado
About how should comport ourselves.


M.
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	 170   86    59    125   39    81    194   200   24    83    175   49
To say we're just molecular
Is a notion for the birds.
Next they'll say something spectacular,
Like, "Shakespeare is nothing but words."


N.
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	 118   166   47     9    137       92    82    66      95    111   161
What do you do when she follows you home
And she stands there all sweaty and wagging?
First thing you do is to throw her a bone;
Let her stay if your spirits are sagging.


O.
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	 178   205   38    183   21    64    106   187
Tell me what this clue was about;
It's hard to ascertain.
Of what it meant I have no doubt;
But to what did it pertain?


P.
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	 203   50    135   12
To bark like a dog when excited.
It's in my old dictionary.
I thought you'd be delighted.
Don't blame me, I'm a functionary.


Q. 
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	 54    117   201   73    169   193   29    110   127   91    68
It's everywhere you look these days,
You just have to recognize it.
Once you're familiar with my ways,
You'll learn to localize it.


R.	
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	 151   115   176   30    69       48    138   147   218   107    6
At least it's not the last place
In some groups it's in the middle.
For you to get to first base
You'll have to solve this riddle.


S.
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	 18    37    133   23    197   173   96    71    104      53    88    128   182   148   202
Get a load of that container
It's size is most audacious.
This one's simply a no-brainer;
But it makes me wax mordacious.


T.
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	 160   196   121   31    167   11
A sure support in times of stress
When around you is nothing but rancor;
If you need to iron out the mess
You should use the lingua franca.


U.
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	 141   149   158   209   100   114   129   67    52
This fellow's so obsequious
He's downright sycophantic.
While his habits are punctilious
He's incurably romantic


V. 
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	 99    157   163   210   72
I guarantee this place is real
And I've half a mind to go there.
You can get there via automobile
But I prefer to go by armchair.


W.
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	 51     2    28    159   211    7    165   119   180
In honor of our guest
We'd like to introduce this metaphor.
The garden as a test,
Is like the universe on Ketalar.

© 1996 Arthur Bloch