"Learned a new expression today," said Alice, looking thoughtfully into her cup of tea. "V I P — apparently, the world is full of very important people."
"Not exactly," argued the March Hare. "The world is full of people who think they're very important — and who, regardless of their dubious importance, are going to die like the rest of us." He raised his cup of tea and added: "Memento mori."
"Requiescat in pace," said the Hatter. "More tea, Alice?"
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Memento mori: A Collection of Very Short Stories and Prose Poems
General FictionAlways be a poet, even in prose. ― Charles Baudelaire