“Chicagou
has taken this name because of the quantity of garlic which grows in this
region”
--Henri Joutel, 1688
No Bernie Carbo,
no Garbo, no Bardot.--
Not Fargo or Largo.
Long-ago Dago argot.
Picasso's Iago imago.
Argonauts' escargot cargo.
Chicago, Chicago that toddling town,
"coarse and strong and cunning."
--Duane Vorhees
--Henri Joutel, 1688
No Bernie Carbo,
no Garbo, no Bardot.--
Not Fargo or Largo.
Long-ago Dago argot.
Picasso's Iago imago.
Argonauts' escargot cargo.
Chicago, Chicago that toddling town,
"coarse and strong and cunning."
--Duane Vorhees
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