Social Commentaries
A Pickbrain
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
What! imitate me, friend? Suppose that you
With agony and difficulty do
What I do easily--what then? You've got
A style I heartily wish I had not.
If I from lack of sense and you from choice
Grieve the judicious and the unwise rejoice,
No equal censure our deserts will suit--
We both are fools, but you're an ape to boot!
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Pickbrain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/367/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Pickbrain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/367/.
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