the hen and the oriole - Don Marquis

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well boss did it
ever strike you that a
hen regrets it just as
much when they ring her
neck as an oriole but
nobody has any
sympathy for a hen because
she is not beautiful
while everyone gets
sentimental over the
oriole and says how
shocking to kill the
lovely thing this thought
comes to my mind
because of the earnest
endeavor of a
gentleman to squash me
yesterday afternoon when i
was riding up in the
elevator if i had been a
butterfly he would have
said how did that
beautiful thing happen to
find its way into
these grimy city streets do
not harm the splendid
creature but let it
fly back to its rural
haunts agian beauty always
gets the best of
it be beautiful boss
a thing of beauty is
a joy forever
be handsome boss and let
who will be clever is
the sad advice
of your ugly little friend
archy

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I recently became aquainted with the archy/mehitabel work of Marquis. I think it is as clever as clever can be. Thanks for posting.