Because Poe wrote on both the subject of the Raven and on the hard surface of the writing desk. I wonder, dear Cheshire, if you can solve me a riddle? It is my favorite to ask, because it is one very rarely used. Please, humor me and try it out. "What is a bell that does not ring, yet its knell make the angels sing"?
My, my. Isn't that the answer to the riddle of why a raven is like a writing desk instead of--
--the riddle of why a writing desk is like a raven? Do they have the same answer? If so, would they then be the same riddle? What an exquisite thought, perhaps even enough to make a something's head explode. But you're not here for heads exploding or heads beheading. You are here for bluebells, though I very much so prefer blue and gray bells while the angels sing to a headless body.
