I was talking to a moth the other evening he was trying to break into an electric light bulb and fry himself on the wires why do you fellows pull this stunt i asked him because it was a conventional thing for moths or why if that had been an uncovered candle instead of an electric light bulb you would be a small unsightly cinder

have you no sense

plenty of it he answered but at times we get tired of using it

we get bored with the routien and crave beauty and excitment

fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with bueaty that to live a long time and be bored all the while so we wad all ourlife up into one little roll and then we shoot the roll that is what life is for it is better to be part of bueaty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of bueaty

our attitude toward life is come easy go easy we are like humans beings used to be before they became too civilized to enjoy themselves and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself

archy

Don Marquis

Archy and Mehitabel