Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 1)

(relative to him) amoeba

multiplied mightily within his

poor, much-abused spleen and

instantly disintegrated his pancreas

and the attached filet-o-fish.

The reporters took copious

amounts of tarter sauce

(“tartar,” their editors noted)

Tatars, liking tarter tartar,

were boiled in acid

until they started to

confess their grammatical crimes.

But to no avail!

Just then, Buzz Aldrin’s

ego, in unrestrained glory,

soared heavenward in radiant

burst of glorious light

that dazzled absolutely everyone.

even those who could

have been crushed by