Wordplay FOR or BY
King of France to Marie Antoinette:
My future looks awfully bleak. I suspect
I’ll soon be headed for the guillotine.
“Mon chère: forgive my correction
on your use of the wrong preposition.
It’s not “FOR” but “BY” the guillotine.”
Copyright © Maurice Rigoler | Year Posted 2025
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