Nobody knows what the cause is, though some pretend they do; it like some hidden assassin waiting to strike at you. Childless women get it, and men when they retire; it as if there had to be some outlet for their foiled creative fire. - W. H. Auden

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W. H. Auden: "Nobody knows what the cause is, though some pretend they do; it like some hidden assassin waiting to strike at you. Childless women get it, and men when they retire; it as if there had to be some outlet for their foiled creative fire."

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Assassin	Cause	Childless	Creative
Fire	Foiled	Hidden	Knows
Nobody	Outlet	Pretend	Retire
Strike	Though	Waiting	Women

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