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Termination for Cause

From the November 2004 Print Edition

Sir, I had thought the terms of our agreement Were quite clear. You were to provide me length of days, Model children by a docile wife, support for same; Keep far away all disaster man-made Or act of your own. And a death if not quite painless At least sudden, without humiliation. I in turn would . . . . Continue Reading »