Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Retrodictions, canto 1, quatrain 8


A bovine needle prevents disease;
expires a fire more dire than war;
your body’s on guard, your mind’s at ease
yet the Porcelain Throne saves even more.


Commentary by Brother Quark:
This is a tribute to our holy Pope’s Swiss Guards; and of course the Papacy itself (see below).


Commentary by N. Hellerstein:
This is about vaccination, with a shout-out to sanitation (see below).


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