My dad always said that "No" means "Yes", but kicking the guy means "No."
That’s pretty witty!
Thus, perhaps as a narcissist not to be outdone, or for whatever freaky reason we of the Malkavian strain may maintain; we present unrequested, yet not altogether off topic, a poem from our universally ignored last book of poetry before we died as a human in 2012:
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The Woodsman’s Lovely Daughter (2010)
Up this hill there rests a house, / of a gray and ancient timber; / and on its porch there sits a girl: / the Woodsman’s lovely daughter. //
On her pillow does she wait / every day while he is working, / and swings, and kicks her slender legs, / to show how white her stockings. //
Her dress is red as are her shoes, / her luscious tresses golden, / the antique ribbons in her hair, / scarlet, black and crimson. //
When a boy should catch her eye / and recognize the color, / he’ll lose all will to hold his tongue, / and tell her that he loves her. //
She’ll smile sweetly, nod and say / he flatters her and moves her, / inviting him in for lemonade, / and then, perchance, to woo her. //
But be aware, ye wayward lads / who would have her as your lover: / “Yes” means “Yes” til Daddy’s home; / but “No” means “No” forever. ///
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