To Confer Dignity, Forgive. To Express Contempt,

As The Tenor Roars His Passion, I Think Sadly Of My Spreading Middle, And His.

We Express Disappointment In Everything Except Ourselves.

Loving, Not The Beloved, Is The Joy Of Love. The Beloved, Knowing This, Most Resolutely Declines To Be Grateful.

When Courtesy Fails, Be Nasty, Brutish, And Short.

Old Photograph: Amid The Set Poses Of Her Family, A Young Girl Smiles And Raises Her Hand A Little.