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Zip and zap exemplify

Onomatopoeia, but

Neither stuns nor stupefies like a

Kick in the head, don’tcha see-a?

Ogham iodhadh

You, oh flexible,

Excellent

Wood for bows, BRAVO!

The effect

Before you fly

Up to the sky, you live

Through several stages:

The caterpillar you

Eats plenty of leaves; you

Rest and digest and

Fold yourself into a swirled

Lullaby. Then one day, voilà!

You mystify the world.

Grits

Hemicellulose, a natural glue

Of the

Maize cell wall,

Is easily dissolved during

Nixtamalization.

Yum! Slow-cooked grits are a real sensation!

Maman!

Ungulate offspring

Drink milk from

Dear mudders, whose

Ears are attuned to

Requests wee ones utter.

DNA sequence data shows that whales share a common ancestor with ungulates. Zounds!