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John Jones, Clerk

“Why, John, old chap, I’d like to let
You off for half a year;
But how would this old business get
Along without you here?”


One More
Another difference, meseems,
Betwixt the twain, forsooth;
The optimist has illusions,
The pessimist knows the truth.

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