Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
Is planning a ban on smut
Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut.
And his reverent occiput.
Smite. Smoot, smite for Ut.,
Grit your molars and do your dut.,
Gird up your l–ns,
Smite h-p and th-gh,
We’ll all be Kansas
By and By.
— Ogden Nash, “Invocation,” 1931
Connect:
Ogden Nash is on my list of five people I’d want to have lunch with. Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde are two others. The final two keep changing.