The fable which I now present,
Occurred to me by accident:
And whether bad or excellent,
Is merely so by accident.
A stupid ass this morning went
Into a field by accident:
And cropped his food, and was content,
Until he spied by accident
A flute, which some oblivious gent
Had left behind by accident;
When, sniffling it with eager scent,
He breathed on it by accident,
And made the hollow instrument
Emit a sound by accident.
“Hurrah, hurrah!” exclaimed the brute,
“How cleverly I play the flute!”
A fool, in spite of nature’s bent,
May shine for once, by accident.
by TOMAS DE IRIARTE Y OROPESA (1750-1791)
Public Domain Poetry
unbolt me 
Brilliantly delightful.
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It certainly gave us a giggle! 😆
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Ditto.
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Thanks, Tony.
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And thank you, Gary! 😀
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(Talk about a serendipitous fluke! / That blowhard ass is one Lucky Luke!/ Bray he may, but he just lucked out, / What if he’d sucked in, not sucked out?)
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And now I wanna dig out my old ‘Lucky Luke’ comics and read ’em again! 😆
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Great share! Thank you for the introduction this poet, a legend!
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And thank you for reading, Suzette! 😀
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You are most welcome, Tony!
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