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Amazed, maybe

In the spring, a man's fancy lightly turns to wordplay.

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Jessica Coffin
Lilacs bloom in Central Park in New York City.

Suddenly it鈥檚 May, and May seems everywhere. Or it May seem everywhere to a man or a Mayd who May be aMayzed at the possibilities.

May one Mayke such an observation without being considered contuMaycious?

Please don鈥檛 say no, say Maybe, as the songwriter May have said long ago. Does everything have to be gerMayne to the unrest in the world?

Hearing no Mayjor objections, I Mayntain that no other month reMayns echoing so Mayjestically in the public ear, all the way from Mayne to RoMaynia. It is a month that leaves one undisMayed, if one May say so.

鈥淏ut yes,鈥 as Maurice Chevalier used to chuckle, translating his native 鈥淢ay oui鈥 for Americans whose French stops with 鈥淢aytre d鈥,鈥 though they May have sung 鈥淒orMay vous?鈥 in school.

The aniMayted child interrupts: 鈥淧ut in, 鈥業f April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims!鈥 鈥

Not exactly a puzzle worthy of Simenon鈥檚 Inspector Maygret, but not bad when delivered by a small feMayle priMayte with an uneMayciated grin as wide as Maynland China.

Meanwhile, it鈥檚 not too early to be thinking about June, which will soon be bustin鈥 out all over, recalled in a jeJune comment by a Juneior member of the household.

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