"...at which point, we are to understand, the defendant lost his
footing on the floor made slippery by the spilled beverage and,
reaching out to steady himself, accidentally placed his hand upon the
lady's - ahem - *cartouche*?"
e. e. cummings does a good bilingual double-entendre in "My Love":
thy thighs are white horses yoked to a chariot
of kings
they are the striking of a good minstrel
between them is always a pleasant song
- "pleasant song" being, of course, "bel canto".
Dominic
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