My grandparents were into Don Marquis' "Archy and Mehitabel". It was first published in 1916,
(serialized actually). I found a neat site which has quotations from Don Marquis. Check it out.
Briefly, the premise is that Archy is a cockroach who used to be a free verse poet in another
life (human). He can type his stories by throwing himself against each key of the typewriter.
Remember this is before electric typewriters. Since he is incapable of holding the shift key
AND striking another key at the same time, all his writing is in lower caps.
Mehitabel is pure alley cat, who insists she is the reincarnation of Cleopatra and hangs around
the newspaper office after hours, just like Archy. Enjoy.
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