Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 11, 2021

even the empty halls have ears

Great! Now I’VE got that earworm stuck in my head!

He was speaking in tongues — back off, heathen!

How come, when you get a tune stuck in your head, it is only 3 or 4 lines of the total song..

Peter should tell her: “No, it must be the hallucinogens they put in your breakfast, please go away before Ernesto shows up!”

Of all the people who could have overheard that lapse, why did it have to be Viola d’Amore? Why not Andre, who would laugh? Or Loris, who wouldn’t hang around long enough to worry about? But no. It had to be Viola. Mebs!

Viola is waiting for crowd to gather before she renders the “Petey Potterpoop Ridicule Rhyme”!

Go with it. I bet this would make a good duet for oboe and marimba.

This is a beaut!

I imagine Peter and Madeline looked something like these two when they were young.

Been there, Petey. Been there.

Ah, no I was just singing: “_ I love you You love me We’re a happy family_”

As the real Petey sneaks out.

Viola is just flirting with Petey. Petey is, alas, clueless.

Yes, Viola! Petey intoned this ominous, unforgettable, always-recurring EARWORM: oomaboogy wow wow!

Got it? (I bet you do.)

ear worms!

Oh great. Viola, the bully.