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The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.

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
Humorous
Decks
Clever
Twixt
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Turtle
Lives
Turtles
Think
Conceal
Thinking
Deck
Life
Fertile
Practically
Plated

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