by George Salamon
We can't tell a quid when we hear it,
but we can spot a quo when we don't.
Quid and quo were conceived as twins,
now nobody can tell which is which.
A man asks for a quo by offering a quid,
unless it's a politician caught in the act.
If a quid can be without a quo,
a quo can exist without a quid.
For our leaders faith is the same as proof,
and Tweedledee one with Tweedledum.
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| Drawing accompanying “At Least ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Has Revived Latin: But have we attained the ‘sine qua non’ or reached the ‘ne plus ultra’?” in The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2019. |
We can't tell a quid when we hear it,
but we can spot a quo when we don't.
Quid and quo were conceived as twins,
now nobody can tell which is which.
A man asks for a quo by offering a quid,
unless it's a politician caught in the act.
If a quid can be without a quo,
a quo can exist without a quid.
For our leaders faith is the same as proof,
and Tweedledee one with Tweedledum.
George Salamon contributes to The Asses of Parnassus, Dissident Voice, One Sentence Poems and TheNewVerse.News from St. Louis, MO.
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