THE EARTH'S CRUST
Matter-of-fact Geologists speak of the Earth's Crust as if there were
only one Crust.
Thoughtful people (like ourselves) who can read between imaginary lines,
know that there are (as in a pie) two Crusts, the Upper Crust and the
Under Crust.
The Upper Crust is pleasantly situated on the top and is rich and
agreeable and much sought after.
The Under Crust is soggy and disagreeable. The only apparent reason for
its existence is to hold up the Upper Crust.
To quote the eminent Nonsensologist Gelett Burgess--
_The Upper Crust is light as snow_
_And gay with sugar-rime;_
_The Under Crust must stay below,_
_It has a horrid time._
When in the course of time the Upper Crust becomes too rich and heavy
for the popular taste, the Social Pie flops over and the Under Crust
becomes the Upper Crust.
These periodic flip-flops of the Social Pie are called Revolutions.
You would think that a Revolving Pie would be a disturbing thing to have
in one's system, but the Giddy Globe doesn't seem to mind it in the
least.
Balanced on an imaginary toe, she continues to pirouette at the rate of
a thousand miles an hour, just as if nothing were the matter.
The latest specimen of Acrobatic Pastry is after a Russian recipe.
The Bolshevik Pie has no Upper Crust at all and is declared by the
leading Chefs of Europe to be unfit for human consumption, but the proof
of the Pie is in the eating, how would you like to try just a----*
* Take it away, or we won't
read another word!
_The Reader._
Oh, very well! We never did care much for pie anyway, not even for
breakfast.
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