LINES ON (AND OFF) AN ITALIAN MULE
O dubious hybrid, what your patronymic
Or pedigree may be, does not much matter;
But if my own attire you mean to mimic,
And flaunt the fact that you, too, have a hatter—
Well then, in self-defence I'll pick with you
A bone or two.
Perchance you have a motive, deep, ulterior,