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[flemmings]

Hanh. Way back in the fall of 2021 I was kvetching about not being able to find the source of my 'early something and wise in season' mental tag, and remarked that my vague recollection was it ended with someone putting a bullet through his head. I must have been paralyzed by pre-op nerves because I can't explain such denseness otherwise but *of course* people putting bullets through their brains is Housman, and there we are, transposed as is my annoying wont, 'early wise and brave in season/ Put the pistol to your head.' So that's settled anyway.

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[kore]

but *of course* people putting bullets through their brains is Housman

Hah, yes of course! (Love him.)

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[flemmings]

'What, still alive at twenty-two,
A fine upstanding chap like you?
Why,if your throat 'tis hard to slit,
Slit your girl's and swing for it.'