astonished to hear that
cannibalism was rife in
Lady Gaga’s dressing room;
the Hollywood press corps
was snapping paparazzi pics
of porn legend Ron
Lipshitz and his massive
German Shepherd, Fritzi Maximus.
Unknown to most, Gerald
Ford, who hadn’t died
[unlike Abe Vigoda, who
did just today, alas],
but had instead stumbled
upon the secret formula
for curing scrofula. However,
as Joe Biden realized,
The word was hyphenated, so it counts as one. No?
Obama replied: "I agree,
I am never clear."
I think so. Either word in a hyphenated phrase would be insufficient on its own, so hyphenation renders them the equivalent of a single word, I’d say.
In play:
Entering the Oval Office,