the lesson of
the moth
- Don Marquis
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i was talking to
a moth 50 but at the same time i wish
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the other evening 51 there was something i wanted
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he was trying to
break into 52 as badly as he wanted to fry himself
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an electric light
bulb
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and fry himself
on the wires -archy
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why do you
fellows
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pull this stunt i
asked him
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because it’s the
conventional
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thing for moths
or why
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if that had been
an uncovered
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candle instead of
an electric
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light bulb you
would
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now be a small
unsightly cinder
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have you no sense
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plenty of it he
answered
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but at times we
get tired
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of using it
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we get bored with
the routine
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and crave beauty
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and excitement
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fire is beautiful
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and we know that
if we get
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too close it will
kill us
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but what does
that matter
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it is better to
be happy
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for a moment
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and be burned up
with beauty
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than to live a
long time
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and be bored all
the while
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so we wad all our
life up
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into one little
roll
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and then we shoot
the roll
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that is what life
is for
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it is better to
be a part of beauty
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for one instant
and then to cease to
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exist than to
exist forever
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and never be part
of beauty
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our attitude
toward life
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is to come easy
go easy
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we are like human
beings
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used to be before
they became
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too civilized to
enjoy themselves
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out of his
philosophy
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he went and
immolated himself
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on a patent cigar
lighter
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i do not agree
with him
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myself i would
rather have
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half the
happiness and twice
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the longevity
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