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Before the splendors of the Ball / The Boldest Metaphor grows tame; / Superlatives abjectly crawl / Back to their lexicon in shame, / And Synonyms in shrieking chorus / Take refuge in the deep Thesaurus.
But language has its Pioneers, / Who seek Fresh Words and Postures new, / Slang rushes in where Syntax fears / To tread -- so I for Ade halloo, / And say (with George's kind permission) / It was "_A Heated Proposition_."