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In the story of Alice In Wonderland, Alice and the Cheshire Cat have a conversation, this poem is based upon that.

Dedicated To: Sean Powell
Written: 01.19.01

DEAR CHESHIRE PUSS,
SAID ALICE TO HIM ONE DAY,
THINKING TO HERSELF,
WHAT CHANCE MEETING HIM ON THE WAY.

WHERE SHOULD I GO FROM HERE?
DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU WANT TO GET TO, SAID THE CAT,
I DON’T MUCH CARE WHERE, SO LONG AS I GET SOMEWHERE, SHE SAID
AS CHESHIRE SMILED AT HER, WHILE ON THE BRANCH HE SAT.

THEN IT DOESN’T MATTER WHICH WAY YOU GO, SAID THE CHESHIRE CAT,
YOU’LL BE SURE TO GET THERE IF YOU WALK LONG ENOUGH,
THAT WAY IS THE HATTER AND THIS WAY IS THE HARE,
BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE MAD WHETHER OR NOT YOU GO THERE.

I DON’T WANT TO GO AMONG MAD PEOPLE,
CAN’T HELP THAT, WE’RE ALL MAD HERE,
HOW DO YOU KNOW I AM MAD?
YOU MUST BE OR YOU WOULDN’T HAVE COME HERE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE MAD?
TO BEGIN WITH, SAID THE CAT,
A DOG IS NOT MAD, RIGHT?
I SUPPOSE YOU CAN GRANT THAT.

A DOG GROWLS WHEN IT’S ANGRY,
AND WAGS ITS TAIL WHEN IT’S NOT
I DO JUST THE OPPOSITE, SAID THE CAT,
SITTING ON THE BRANCH IN THE VERY SAME SPOT.

PURRING OR GROWLING, CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE,
ASKED THE CHESHIRE, DO YOU PLAY CROQUET?
I SHOULD LIKE TO BUT HAVEN’T BEEN INVITED YET,
WELL, YOU WILL SEE ME THERE, WITH THE QUEEN TODAY.

WITH THIS STATEMENT THE CHESHIRE VANISHED,
WITH NOT MUCH SURPRISE BUT LOOKING WHERE IT HAD JUST BEEN,
ALICE WAS GETTING USED TO QUEER THINGS HAPPENING,
WHEN THE CHESHIRE CAT REAPPEARED, AGAIN.

WHAT BECAME OF THE BABY? ASKED THE CAT,
REAPPEARING AS CALMLY AS IF IN A NATURAL WAY
I’D NEARLY FORGOTTEN TO ASK
IT TURNED INTO A PIG WAS ALL ALICE COULD SAY.

AS IF NATURAL AND NORMAL
THE CAT VANISHED WITHOUT A CARE
ANSWERING, I THOUGHT IT WOULD
WITH NO MORE THOUGHTS TO SHARE.

ALICE WAITED AND THEN BEGAN TO WALK, LOOKING ABOUT HER
NEITHER THE CHESHIRE NOR ANY CAT COULD SHE SEE
THEN AS SHE TALKED TO HERSELF ON HER WAY TO THE HARE
SHE LOOKED UP AND AGAIN WAS THE SAME CAT SITTING IN ANOTHER TREE.

DID YOU SAY PIG OR FIG?
I SAID PIG REPLIED ALICE, AND STOP YOUR TRICK
OF APPEARING AND VANISHING
YOU MAKE ONE QUITE SICK.

ALRIGHT, SAID THE CAT, VANISHING SLOWLY,
AND ENDING WITH A GRIN,
THE SMILE REMAINED THERE FOR SOME TIME,
THE END OF THE TAIL WAS WHERE IT HAD DECIDED TO BEGIN.

I’VE OFTEN SEEN A CAT WITHOUT A GRIN, THOUGHT ALICE,
BUT A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT,
IT’S THE MOST CURIOUS THING I’VE SEEN IN MY LIFE,
FOR I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE A CHESHIRE CAT LIKE THAT!

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For example, I find that a lot of college girls are barbie doll carbon copies with few differences...Sadly, they're dumb, ditzy, immature, snotty, fake, or they are the gravitational center to orbiting drama. - Amnesia620