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Internal Revenue - The Lady I-R-S

7/22/2016

 
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Americans are red-blooded, generous, and virile. They squander dollars upon beauty, but have no taste for drab.

Years ago – for the Lady’s and my own delight – I designed a jewel of an emblem, this to be worn not with garments lusterless and dull, but jointly with her “bestest” finery.

Thus we guys won’t mind much – indeed, will hardly notice – that Your Ladyship is also most costly to maintain.

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Yet, regrettably, there is to be considered – red-blooded too, but not claiming to be virile – the other half of our people. These are the tigresses of our nation. To them your brightest loveliness, dear Lady, can only be an angry sore. For, the tigresses are the mature and prudent half of us and reckon the Lady is just a pesty bother, troublesome and greedy – so sorry!

Still if, with becoming grace, you wear the jewel that I made for you, you may win yet a heart or two, who knows?

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