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Old 08-14-2014, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by collie1228 View Post
I'm happy to see Ogden Nash mentioned in this thread. The only poem I know by heart is by Nash:

A mighty creature is the germ,
Though smaller than the pachyderm.
His customary dwelling place
Is deep within the human race.
His childish pride he often pleases
By giving people strange diseases.
Do you, my poppet, feel infirm?
You probably contain a germ.
LOVE IT!

Concise is nice, sayeth the English scholar.
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