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Cleverness is a quality
a man likes to have
in his wife
as long as she is
some distance away
from him.
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Why is it that
really beautiful pepole
think everyone else
in the world
exists merely
for their amusement?
***
One of his great secrets as a persuader:
he could convince another person
that the two of them together
faced a common obstacle,
and they needed to join forces
in order to overcome it.
He could draw almost any listener
into a collaboration,
a little conspiracy
of his own making.
Nobody could do this better than he
...
And he had a wonderful voice as well,
deep and sonorous.
So of course I did
as he asked.
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The Penelopopiad
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