III | XXVI
Real estate,
you own it all.
Money,
gold plate,
Josiah Wedgwood,
the Australian film industry,
it's yours.
Your record collection,
stunning,
and your books.
Genius?
Unquestionably yours.
But your wife?
A few drinks
and she's anybody's.
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Laurie Duggan
The Epigrams of Mistral
Pressed Wafer 2010