Ribald Classic: The Ballad Of Luká The Hose
January, 1974
There lived, a scanty kilometerFrom Basil's Dome in Moscow City,A merchant's lady, young and pretty,A peach, but now without a ... (pit?).Her spouse--a little on the gray side,But neither senile nor a runt--Had dropped abruptly by the wayside,Depleted by her wondrous ... (cunning?).(I cannot help it, gracious reader,My song is full of holes like this;I'm not a good conjecture breeder:Would you supply them, learned miss?)Most girls become more tassel-prone,You will agree, as they grow bigger;But...