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The Centaur

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The Centaur led a double life:     Two natures in perpetual strife     He had, that never could agree     On what the bill-of-fare should be;     For when the man-half set his heart     On taking dinner la carte,     The horse was sure to cast his vote     Unswervingly for table d'OAT.     A pretty sort of life to lead;     The horse in time went off his feed,     The hungry man was nigh demented,     When one day--OATMEAL was invented!

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