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"The only man I’ll stand by, a 17 lb Maine Coon rescue mix cat (neutered), is sleeping on my desk, blissfully indifferent."

"I myself bore a shield on my shoulder and sword at my side, but no one came to any hardship because I did so. When Pippin saw this, he laughed, marveled, and said: 'Lay down your arms, brother; it's better to stick to your writing.' " --Ermoldus Nigellus, "In Honor of Louis," in: Charlemagne and Louis the Pious (tr Thomas F X Noble, 2009), IV.

Cherita.

you are bitter, Pilgrim,
like one who unceasingly
bites down upon an unripe lemon;
whoever has wronged you?
—i am not bitter
not nearly
not nearly bitter enough

They say it's not your problem
you've got it pretty swell
so why are you bitter
out of all the jolly winning clowns?
—i am not bitter
not nearly
not nearly nearly

not nearly bitter enough

"They would both have known how in Horace (Odes 1.34) it is an eagle that swoops down to lift the crown from one head and deposit it upon another."