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Which Here Is Dorothy --

and Which the Witch? Warning! Suitable for Children Only! "That dog's a menace to the community. I'm taking her to the sheriff to make sure she's destroyed." -- Miss Almira Gulch, a citizen taxed, speaking of a pet owner * * * As sheriff of the county Chasing Rainbows you decide if Miss Almira Gulch still all but lame on being bit de facto is a wicked witch declining to abide one mangy little pigtailed mor*n dressed in gingham sh*t who daily in Miss Gulch's poppy garden off a rope uncouthly buries monkey bones or hikes a leg to whi*z or cr*ps an emerald t*rd of widescreen, cinematic scope or breaks out into showtunes as she f*rts to do her biz till skipping down the yellow sulfur baby bricks of p*o -- the ill-bred b*tch a house of littered Totos drops on you. * * * a dedication of Respect for the Pain of countless totos -- not to mention each neighborly miss gulch -- no dotty being potty trained a revolving helios rhyme menippean satire on the wicked old ideology irresponsible of breeding conscious, feeling "fur babies" april, 2023 -- yet each year on this side of the rainbow the Reality in the united states alone (including kansas) of approximately 5.4 million witchy cats -- aside from 1.2 million totos too -- ding-dong dead in the ditch . . . feetnote "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead!" Ding-dong! The witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding-dong! The wicked witch is dead! Wake up, you sleepy head! Rub your eyes! Get out of bed! Wake up! The wicked witch is dead! She's gone where the Christians go! Below! Below! Below! Yo ho! Let's open up and sing -- and ring the bells out! Ding-dong! The merry-o! Sing it high! Sing it low! Let them know the wicked witch is dead!