More from Ogden Nash
- Versus (1949), “Let’s Not Climb the Washington Monument Tonight”
- “A Dog’s Best Friend Is His Illiteracy” in The Private Dining Room (1953)
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God in his wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.
Good Intentions (1942), “The Fly”
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