“Whatever we may ultimately learn about Epstein, it will be sad and sordid, a story of people getting hurt and of people getting away with hurting them.”
(Peter C. Baker)
The last half of first-quarter Century XXI CE bequeathed much fake history to its successors. Today, scholars scour the record in search of ephemera that may afford a glimpse of what actually happened. A scrap of paper excavated from the environs of an ancient toilet has been studied extensively. The badly damaged typescript is thought to be rhymed doggerel in dactylic meter. What’s referred to as its “prologue” arguably has been deciphered. The rest, known to scholars as the “jingle,” is riddled with lacunae.
Jordan scholarship has focused on establishing what are thought to be the end rhymes. The version published by Carruthers, Bane and Triffling embeds what’s legible of the document in a metric scheme which deploys bracketed diereses (<…>) as syllabic placeholders. Tonic syllables are in boldface (<…>). It was hoped that prosodic specialists might assist in fleshing out more of the document’s content.
Experts differ as to what, if anything, the codex may contribute to our knowledge of the elapse.
“Prologue”
When the mighty Jordan [River?] of justice
Is perverted [diverted] to pestilential [“puking”] tributaries [creeks?],
Toady [slang?] sinkholes [swine lagoons?] reek of slime [or “slipperiness”].
“Jingle”
The <…><…> of sleaze <…><…> pandering bawd
<…><…><…><…> mansions <…> underaged goods,
To be <…><…>, <…> <…>, <…>, <…> <…> <…> and pawed
<…><…><…> <…>, philandering, <…> <…> <…> dudes.
The <…> got <…><…><…> <…><…> <…> the klink,
<…> hanged <…><…><…><…><…> sheet <…><…> bed.
How <…><…><…><…> <…>? The <…> <…> <…> think
That <…><…><…><…> playboy set <…><…><…> dead!
And <…><…><…><…><…><…> <…><…> procuress
<…> fourteen-year-olds <…><…> <…> <…> “massages” —
<…><…> alcahueta <…><…> <…> <…> foulness,
<…> <…> <…> queen bee <…><…><…> <…> <…> lodges?
<…><…><…><…><…><…><…> get-out-of-jail card!
<…><…><…><…> pardoned, <…><…><…> <…> void!
<…><…><…><…> soul <…><…> moral retard.
<…><…> thoughts and <…><…><…><…> girls <…> destroyed.
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I like your jingle a great deal (and your drawing after Degas is delightful, Jim)
I’ve just read Perversion of Justice which describes how Epstein avoided justice. How money and influence works.
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Thank you, Sue, on behalf of the drawing! You have definitely read beneath the headlines on the topical issue. Who can predict the outcome of the Epstein saga, if any? By the way , concerning the mysterious jingle, watch this space. Should a plausible, fleshed-out version be reconstructed unexpectedly by a crack team of experts, it will most assuredly see the light in this blog. The dead horse shall be flogged! 🙂
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