Ducking and Diving

Ducking and diving,
Just about surviving
Is the lot of many
Who have only a penny
Or two
To see them through.

What to do
When the cupboard is bare?
Beware
Temptation, for Oscar knows
Where leads the sweetness of the rose …

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“I can resist anything accept temptation”. Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere’s Fan”.