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In Other Words

I have sought, but I seek it vainly,
That one Lost Wheeze divine
That one last word in humor,
That was-to-be-deathless line!

It may be that Death’s bright Angel
Will slip me that joke, I guess,
But that does me no good this morning
When the page is going to press.

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