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The Dead Joke And The Funny Man

    By James Whitcomb Riley



    Long years ago, a funny man,
        Flushed with a strange delight,
    Sat down and wrote a funny thing
        All in the solemn night;
    And as he wrote he clapped his hands
        And laughed with all his might.
        For it was such a funny thing,
        O, such a very funny thing,
        This wonderfully funny thing,
        He
        Laughed
            Outright.

    And so it was this funny man
        Printed this funny thing -
    Forgot it, too, nor ever thought
        It worth remembering,
    Till but a day or two ago.
        (Ah! what may changes bring!)
        He found this selfsame funny thing
        In an exchange - "O, funny thing!"
        He cried, "You dear old funny thing!"
        And
        Sobbed
            Outright.



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