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Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!

— Gelett Burgess Confession (1897)

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Source: Poem Confession: and a Portrait Too, Upon a Background that I Rue (1897)
Work: Confession, 1897
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Reacting to the many parodies of his poem.

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