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On this day: April 2nd
Birth of J. C. Squire (1882)
Death of Katherine Tynan (1931)
Random Poem of the Day
The Purple Cow: Suite
Burgess, Gelett
CONFESSION: and a Portrait, Too,
Upon a Background that I Rue!
1
Ah, Yes! I Wrote the "Purple Cow" --
2
I'm Sorry, now, I Wrote it!
3
But I can Tell you Anyhow,
4
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!