Fantastic Facts and Dazzling Discoveries
The pufferfish, with all it quills,
has another way it kills,
eat its flesh, without a care,
and you shall perish...then, and there;
for hidden deep, it has a gland,
that sushi makers find quite grand,
upon the fish, they deftly spread
the merest portion...more? You're dead.
They call it "fugu"(FOO-goo) now you know,
should you sashimi-eating go.
Another fact, from far Japan,
where I have learned, that for man
turning forty-two is grim,
not a happy year for him.
Four, you see, can also mean
death, "that's it", the end-of-screen.
Add the two... you make a verb,
that makes him look twice from a curb.
Shi-ni--Forty-two..."You die."
Quite a burden for a guy!
Finally, another fact,
there is a place where women act
the roles of men, (and women, too)
Shakespeare in reverse...it's true!
For once the roles of women were,
done by boys, whose facial fur
had not emerged, and thus their voices,
provided roles of female choices.
Takarazuka, you'll find,
leaves that Shakespeare world behind,
for the woman, coiffed and dressed,
is called "Him" by her addressed.
I love the
worldI am in...