This one's all about marks and marquees

A necessary mention of definitions to please

Some have picked up on the use of Marquise

To denote a page upon which is three of these



Since a marquee is either a tent, a royal or a sign

Then the plural becomes "marquise" if all goes fine

In the case of the royal, it denotes this person's wife

But with the objects, then it's the group thing in life



And it's pronounced "mar key" in the singular version

But becomes "mar keys" when used in plural liason

Typically, marquise are used above theater entrances

Flashing on and off, or giving illusions of moving askance



Which the three signs on that page in fact do in triplicate

Thus providing the apt designation to which they relate

Each one in turn, when depressed, leads to another page

And two of these also lead to other material on this stage



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

11:11am Tues. Aug. 18th. 1998