Intelligence and Walt Whitman

In defense of pretending to be more intelligent than one is:

“In shallow lands does quartz abound,
And if that quartz like diamond gleams
Why dig deep and fool around
When one as bright as the other seems!”

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On the occasion of a friends wedding...

Oh Husband, My Husband (inspired by Walt Whitman)
Oh husband, my husband, the beautiful day has come
All wedding cards in proper place, all vendors paid their sum
The reception nears, the bells I hear, the guests are all exulting
While follow eyes, the steady walk, us hand in hand and beaming
But oh, heart! Heart! Heart!Tis as I feard, tis as they said
Where on the aisle my husband stands

Frozen with cold feet and dread

Oh husband, my husband, unfreeze lest you I kill!
On guard! At you the bouquet I fling, at you I scream so shrill
For you the cake - upon your face, see the aisles a-crowding
For your head they call, the swaying mass, and I feel like obliging
So husband, dear lover, with this hand squeezed on your neck
I implore you, that upon this aisle

Don’t make a choice you regret.

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