Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Use Refuse
USE REFUSE
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The lizard uses its beloved tail,
To tickle itself, to scratch its head, to many avail.
But when in trouble, trapped by a nail
Coolly sheds it, with not so much as a wail.
- Thomas Jay Cubb
Notes/Commentary
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1. Alternate titles were Use-And-Throw and Disposable.
2. The spontaneous removal of a body is called autotomy.
3. Refuse is used in the sense of disposed stuff.
4. Moral: Favours done are very easily and quickly forgotten.
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2 comments:
Very clever. I'm especially fond of the phrase "to many avail."
my personal fav is the contrast between "...avail" and "...a wail"
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