2085. AND BEFORE I GO

AND BEFORE I GO

Will you oscilloscope my radar-finder and send

the jackal into May? Can you obfuscate this

endive and bring forth healthy motion? Seas

and swings, party planks and outdoor grills?

Anything to this you wish to add you may append.

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At that point, even I myself - watching the screen

in rapt attention - looked away; for right here

they were killing a chicken. Twisting sternly the

ringing neck - a squawk ungodly, a shriek, and

death. Even at that, unsightly still.

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I am always enamored of waiters in tails and

hostesses in tiny dresses. It simply makes my day.

Of course, if you had noticed, you would have seen

how I winked first, and crossed my fingers as I

spoke, and did any of those ironic things to

show I really meant nothing

of what I said at all.

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The poor boy rubs his shoulders with the rich.

The rich girl sits down with the poor wretch.

All in all, things have a way of working out -

and all manner of lively living goes on.