Social Commentaries
An Average
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
I ne'er could be entirely fond
Of any maiden who's a blonde,
And no brunette that e'er I saw
Had charms my heart's whole
warmth to draw.
Yet sure no girl was ever made
Just half of light and half of shade.
And so, this happy mean to get,
I love a blonde and a brunette.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “An Average.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/288/.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “An Average.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/288/.
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