But just before he counters

While listening to us “spar,”

You will never see the equal

Of good, old Mac’s cigar.

It’s whirled round like a cyclone;

It’s feathered like an owl;

It’s mussed up like a scrap can

Or poor-plucked barnyard fowl.

It’s frayed and furred and serrate;

It’s toothed and torn and spurred;