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By Ogden Nash

The Ant

The ant has made himself illustrious

Through constant industry industrious.

So what?

Would you be calm and placid

If you were full of formic acid?

The Fly

God in his wisdom made the fly

And then forgot to tell us why.

Reflection on a Wicked World

Purity.

Is Obscurity.

The Parent

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,

And that's what parents were created for.

The Kitten

The trouble with a kitten is

THAT

 Eventually it becomes a

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