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The Unkindest Cut

By Martial (c. 40–c. 104 A.D.)

LAST night as we boozed at our wine,

After having three bottles apiece,

You recall that I asked you to dine,

And you’ve come, you absurdest of geese!

I was maudlin, you should have been mellow,

All thought of the morrow away:

Well, he’s but a sorry good fellow

Whose mind’s not a blank the next day!

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