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\"skelton\"<\/a><\/p>\n

[Editor’s note: Bob insists on calling this “doggerel.”\u00a0 We call it “Skeltonic.”\u00a0 And the answer to Bob’s closing question: Yes, yes, yes!\u00a0 We intend to inaugurate the annual Robert D. Denham BBQ and Scotch Quaff come May.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week this blog
\nWas six months old.
\nIt\u2019s earned a bronze,
\nA silver, gold.<\/p>\n

Record we now
\nThe debts we owe
\nTo Michael, Clayton
\nAnd to Joe.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve trod a maze
\nAnd shined the lights
\nOn our meanders
\nAnd forthrights.<\/p>\n

A panegyric
\nTo all three.
\nCome quaff a stein,
\nWon\u2019t you, with me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Editor’s note: Bob insists on calling this “doggerel.”\u00a0 We call it “Skeltonic.”\u00a0 And the answer to Bob’s closing question: Yes, yes, yes!\u00a0 We intend to inaugurate the annual Robert D. Denham BBQ and Scotch Quaff come May.] Last week this blog Was six months old. It\u2019s earned a bronze, A silver, gold. 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