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I'm Smith of Stoke aged sixty odd I've lived without a dame all my life And wish to God My dad had done the same.
Epitaph On A Pessimist
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The poem
I'm Smith of Stoke aged sixty odd I've lived without a dame all my life And wish to God My dad had done the same.
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