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Dorothy Parker - Parable For A Certain VirginDorothy Parker - Parable For A Certain Virgin
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Oh, ponder, friend, the porcupine;  Refresh your recollection, And sit a moment, to define  His means of self-protection. How truly fortified is he!  Where is the beast his double In forethought of emergency  And readiness for trouble? Recall his figure, and his shade-  How deftly planned and clearly For slithering through the dappled glade  Unseen, or pretty nearly. Yet should an alien eye discern  His presence in the woodland, How little has he left to learn  Of self-defense! My good land! For he can run, as swift as sound,  To where his goose may hang high- Or thrust his head against the ground  And tunnel half to Shanghai; Or he can climb the dizziest bough-  Unhesitant, mechanic- And, resting, dash from off his brow  The bitter beads of panic; Or should pursuers press him hot,  One scarcely needs to mention His quick and cruel barbs, that got  Shakespearean attention; Or driven to his final ditch,  To his extremest thicket, He`ll fight with claws and molars (which  Is not considered cricket). How amply armored, he, to fend  The fear of chase that haunts him! How well prepared our little friend!-  And who the devil wants him?
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