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I'm Really not Lazy

Arnold Spilka

I'm really not lazy --
I'm not!
I'm not!
It's just that I'm thinking
And thinking
And thinking
A lot!
It's true I don't work
But I can't!
I just can't!
When I'm thinking
And thinking
And thinking
A lot!




Quotes of the Day

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.
• Carl Sagan


Poems of the Day
  • Herman Melville
    In a Church of Padua
    by Herman Melville
    In vaulted place where shadows flit, An upright sombre box you see: A door, but fast, and lattice none, But punctured holes minutely small In lateral silver panel square