Ethel

Ethel
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“You light two crackers thus” he said
“That’s yours, and PH take this,
And now, if yours should go off first,
Why, you can claim a kiss”

We watch the powder quickly burn,
Fizz, bang! Oh, happy aight!
I fold the malden in my arms
And take what’s mine by right,

Also! it seems so easy thus
To win what many men
Will envy later on in life,
For Ethel’s only tea