Bill Grace - Gopher on a Tank Field

Having gotten not too gloriously squashed on more than one occasion and very nearly so on that which gives the spine to leisurely write
I have learned it is not wise for gophers to argue with tanks
The tanks always being the winner
But better to seek a hole and let them pass over
To observe their peculiar rage another day
Almost always guaranteeing eventual destruction.

Bill Grace

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