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The Smile of a Pox Doctor's Clerk

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If knowledge is power, and power is all, There surely was never a worthier call. It was, I remember from innocent days, My grandmother, bless her, directing my gaze To an ad that was placed in "Professions and Trades" For someone with tact and discretion in spades. And so I applied – a mere shot in the dark! – For the sensitive post of the pox doctor's clerk – The pox doctor's clerk. The world can be wicked; temptations be great, Especially when handed to one on a plate! The great and the good who were our clientele Went into the booklet that served me so well. They'd sally so sheepishly in through the door And leave without quite understanding the score, Believing my bite was no worse than my bark; And sadly misjudging the pox doctor's clerk – The pox doctor's clerk! Suffice it to say, though the clergy were worst, His Worship the Mayor was a notable first. A lady I'd known from an earlier time Had techniques that verged on the truly sublime. Of course, he maintained he'd been cruelly tricked;


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