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SARCASTIC by JAMES RYDER RANDALL

First Line: LOUD SIR, I AM
Last Line: WHEN JACKASSES ARE A-BRAYING.
Subject(s): FOOLS; JOKES; TALK; IDIOTS;

LOUD Sir, I am
—Myself o'erthrown
By your tremendous racket;
But let us see
In what degree
That you and I most lack it.

A wise old saw
Hath made it law—
(Now all your ears displaying)
That lions quell
Their roar a spell
When jackasses are a-braying.



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