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
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.