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Intercepted

Alice Duer Miller

“Only the worst of them vote.”
  “Are not the suffragists frights?”
“Nietzsche’s the person to quote.”
  “I prefer love to my rights.”

“Are not the suffragists frights?”
  “Sex is their only appeal.”
“I prefer love to my rights.”
  “No, we don’t think, but we feel.”

“Sex is their only appeal.”
  “Woman belongs at the loom.”
“No, we don’t think, but we feel.”
  “Doesn’t it rub off the bloom?”

“Woman belongs at the loom.”
  “Isn’t the speaker a bore!”
“Doesn’t it rub off the bloom?”
  “Oh, it’s a fad—nothing more.”

“Isn’t the speaker a bore!”
  “Nietzsche’s the person to quote.”
“Oh, it’s a fad—nothing more.”
  “Only the worst of them vote.”
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