The Devil's Dictionary: A Transient

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
EXISTENCE
EXPERIENCE

A transient

-horrible, fantastic dream, Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem: From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: "O fudge!"

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