But if she possesses a birth-mark as well,
It’s something the whole world will know.
* * *
They say that for a smart, wise lot of lads the New York hotel clerks are hard to beat. But not always. The other day I happened to be in the Astor lobby when a pair of young newlyweds came in from the street. The rice and confetti was still over them for all to see. The happy groom went up to the desk to register. In the course of the conversation I overheard this from the clerk: “Yes, sir; and do you want a room with twin beds?” Can you beat it!
* * *
“To follow horses isn’t right,”
My father always said.
So what I follow every night
Is chickens round instead.