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THE COMPLETE MISANTHROPIST by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP

First Line: I LOVE TO THINK OF THINGS I HATE
Last Line: AND WHAT'S MORE, I HATE YOU.
Subject(s): HATE; MISANTHROPY;
I love to think of things I hate
In moments of mopishness;
I hate people who sit up straight,
And youths who smirk about their "date,"
And the dates who smirk no less.

I hate children who clutch and whine,
And the arrogant, virtuous poor;
And critical connoisseurs of wine,
And everything that is called a shrine,
And Art and Literature.

I hate eggs and I hate the hen;
I hate the rooster, too.
I hate people who wield the pen,
I hate women and I hate men;
And what's more, I hate you.


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