Beware the ugly woman who thirsts for admiration; She's apt to take up the violin with zeal, Or keep a parrot as a sign of independence. Her envious heart makes treacherous her words To pretty women with their petty self-idolatry.
Did Marie Currie suffer meekly the debutante? Was "Little Women" a Louisa May ambiguity? The ugly woman burns monopoly on praise, Like coals shimmering in a furnace, A night without neon unthinkable.