ALONE, Adj. In Bad Company.
In Contact, Lo! The Flint And Steel,
By Spark And Flame, The Thought Reveal
That He The Metal, She The Stone,
Had Cherished Secretly Alone.
In contact, lo! the flint and steel,
By spark and flame, the thought reveal
That he the metal, she the stone,
Had cherished secretly alone.
Booley Fito
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
