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It has a "point" of neither sex / But comes in guise of both, / And, doubly dangerous complex, / It is a thing to loathe -- / A lady with her sweet, sad smile, / A gentleman on oath.
Strip off the mother-veil, and fur! / And signs of "quiet taste". / The dead child's locket take from her / (The dead man's gift in haste) / And wash from every evil line / The layers of filling paste!