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Poet Analysis

First Line: LIFE IS A GAME OF WHIST
Last Line: LEADING THE MATING INSTINCT.
Subject(s): GAMES; LIFE; NATURE; RECREATION; PASTIMES; AMUSEMENTS;

LIFE is a game of whist
Between Man and Nature
In which Nature knows all Man's cards.
Well, suppose I try you out on trumps,
Says Nature,
Leading the mating instinct.



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