Micky The Big And The Milky Nadinej |top| — Alina

The rhythm: a-LEE-na MICK-ee the BIG and the MILK-ee na-din-EJ – trochees and dactyls mixed with a near-rhyme (“big/milky”). The word “milky” adds odd tenderness; “Nadinej” feels Eastern European or constructed. Humans are pattern-seekers – we want this phrase to mean something.