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Ogden Nash

Old Men

People expect old men to die,
They do not really mourn old men.
Old men are different. People look
At them with eyes that wonder when ...
People watch with unshocked eyes;
But the old men know when an old man dies.

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Altre opere di Ogden Nash...
The Turtle

The turtle lives twixt plated deck… Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.
Further Reflections on Parsley

Parsley Is gharsley.
Lines on Facing Forty

I have a bone to pick with fate, Come here and tell me girly, Do you think my mind is maturing l… Or simply rotting early.
If He Were Alive Today, Mayhap, Mr. Morgan Would Sit on the Midget’s Lap

"Beep-beep. BANKERS TRUST AUTOMOB… You’ll find a banker at Bankers T… Advertisement in N.Y. Times When comes my second childhood,
The Termite

Some primal termite knocked on woo… And tasted it, and found it good! And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor toda…
Family Court

One would be in less danger From the wiles of a stranger If one’s own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.
The Ant

The ant has made himself illustrio… Through constant industry industri… So what? Would you be calm and placid, If you were full of formic acid?
Celery

Celery, raw Develops the jaw, But celery, stewed, Is more quietly chewed.
The Romantic Age

This one is entering her teens, Ripe for sentimental scenes, Has picked a gangling unripe male, Sees herself in a bridal veil, Presses lips and tosses head,
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What's the Use?

Sure, deck your limbs in pants; Yours are the limbs, my sweeting. You look divine as you advance— Have you seen yourself retreating?
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The Middle

When I remember bygone days I think how evening follows morn; So many I loved were not yet dead… So many I love were not yet born.
What Almost Every Woman Knows Sooner or Later

Husbands are things that wives have to get used to putting up with. And with whom they breakfast with and sup with. They interfere with the discipline of nurseries, They ...
A Lady Who Thinks She Is Thirty

Unwillingly Miranda wakes, Feels the sun with terror, One unwilling step she takes, Shuddering to the mirror. Miranda in Miranda’s sight
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Introspective Reflection

I would live all my life in noncha… Were it not for making a living, w…
The Wasp

The wasp and all his numerous fami… I look upon as a major calamity. He throws open his nest with prodi… But I distrust his waspitality.



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