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It is quite futile
to torment oneself over
the inconstancy
of the opposite sex, she
declared, with a sigh.
The cockerel crowed early
and she had not slept,
but she trespassed on his dreams.
He left the woman’s chamber
on the first pretext.
Now he was back home,
there was no comparison-
just as sprigs of plum blossom
differ greatly from cherry.
