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The Warner

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Every man worth the name     has a yellow snake in his soul,     seated as on a throne, saying     if he cries: I want to!: No!     Lock eyes with the fixed gaze     of Nixies or Satyresses, says     the Tooth: Think of your duty!     Make children, or plant trees,     polish verses, or marble frieze,     the Tooth says: Tonight, where will you be?     Whatever he likes to consider     theres never a moment passing     a man cant hear the warning     of that insufferable Viper.

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