“Miss Twye was soaping her breasts in the bath
When she heard behind her a meaning laugh
And to her amazement she discovered
A wicked man in the bathroom cupboard.”

—  Gavin Ewart

"Miss Twye", line 1, from Poems and Songs (1939)

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