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Рождествено : Nabokov inherited it in 1916, and possessed it for less than a year before the October RevolutionДом Набокова , Санкт-Петербург : "The only house in the world. . . . "The Ballad of Elle Torito Her name was Elle Torito,
She was bullish on the facts.
She packed a mean gordito
While needling haystacks. Born: Torito, Eleanora.
Her fortune made in lumber.
Toreador Matadora She rarely lost at Ombre A U-turn on the Autobahn
Got her family out of Germany.
At the end of the war they dropped the 'von',
The price to pay for obscurity. From Weill , Wagner , cartoon re-runs,
Mickey Mouse and Mackie Messer ,
Elle mastered all her German ihrens :
Schokolade Müse . Hasenpfeffer .Dolores Haze. Haze, Dolores.
(Wait, wait—that's someone else !)
Was she just a boy of chorus ?
We hope you like her show. Or else. Vera Incessu Patuit Dea Her Latin Lover, on the carpet.
Dogged, go figure , by Nabokov . (And hey, a
Question, Mister: Were you her car pet?) They think she knew enough Russian
To ask for food and love.
Her nostalghia was thought to be a Prussian
Blue as a Kobaltana glove.Ella Torito, "E.T." for short.
Fingers better dead than read.
Set your Sputnik to ABORT .
A severed Bolshevik is dead. They called her Elle Torito,
A very stylish fille —
She'd flaunt her incognito
In Chanel and Givenchy, But sometimes wore a sporty burqa ,
Hermès head-to-toe—You'd lift her skirt and there would lurk a
Crescent undertow.As vixens came, this one was cunning .
They left her punning in a taxi .
She liked to keep the meter running,
And thought the Sousaphone was "Saxi" . . . Pity Elle Torito
And her pretty little paunch :
A single gold Dorito
Would not suffice for launch . . . Wiki-wacky Elle Torito,So bullish on the facts !
She packed a mean gordito ,
And carried a small axe . . . .
