the les of the moth By Don Marquis, in "archy and mehitabel," 1927 
i was talking to a moth
 the other evening
 he was trying to break into 
an electric light bulb
 and fry himself on the wires why do you fellows
 pull this stunt i asked him
 because it is the conventional 
thing for moths or why
 if that had been an uncovered 
candle instead of an electric 
light bulb you would
 now be a small unsightly cinder
 have you no sense plenty of it he answered
 but at times we get tired
 of using it 
we get bored with the routine 
and crave beauty 
and excitement 
fire is beautiful
 and we know that if we get
 too close it will kill us
 but what does that matter 
it is better to be happy 
for a moment
 and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time 
and be bored all the while
 so we wad all our life up 
into one little roll
 and then we shoot the roll
that is what life is for
 it is better to be a part of beauty 
for one instant and then cease to 
exist than to exist forever 
and never be a part of beauty 
our attitude toward life 
is come easy go easy
 we are like human beings
 used to be before they became 
too civilized to enjoy themselves and before i could argue him
 out of his philosophy
 he went and immolated himself 
on a patent cigar lighter 
i do not agree with him
 myself i would rather have 
half the happiness and twice 
the longevity but at the same time i wish 
there was something i wanted 
as badly as he wanted to fry himself archy

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