"Be you wise and never sad,You will get your lovely lad.Never serious be, nor true,And your wish will come to you--And if that makes you happy, kid,You...

It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, / I say, Your clan will pay me back one day.
~ Dorothy Parker ~












It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, / I say...
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