“O Adolescence, O Adolescence
I wince before thine incandescence...
When anxious elders swarm about
Crying "Where are you going?", thou answerest "Out,"...
Strewn! All is lost and nothing found
Lord, how thou leavest things around!...”

— Ogden Nash

"Tarkington, Thou Should'st Be Living in This Hour"
Versus (1949)

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