Impromptu, On A Long-Nosed Friend

By Thomas Paine

1737.1.29-1809.6.8


Going along the other day,
Upon a certain plan;
I met a nose upon the way,
Behind it was a man.

I called unto the nose to stop,
And when it had done so -
The man behind it - he came up;
They made Zenobio.

Paris, 1800.

DayPoems Poem No. 2594
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