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Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy. You've had about seven hours of sleep since Friday. No wonder you feel that lost sensation. You're sunk from a riot of relaxation.

Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
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Friday
Lost
Sensations
May
Weekend
Untidy
Feel
Seven
Brushed
Feels
Hair
Sunk
Mind
Wonder
Riot
Sleep
Relaxation
Since
Sensation

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