Monday, June 1, 2015

Advice to J.C.



O, you, Joe Cone
     Believe my eyes:
You are too prone
     To poetize.
You’re off your beat
     You’ve missed the plate,
About the sweet
     Girl graduate!

She reads her books
     Wears furbelows,
And never cooks,
     And never sews.
She rules the moon
     And rules the sea;
And pretty soon
     Will you and me.

Cheer up Jocos’
     And dance and sing;
Just let her boss
     The whole durn thing.
Beat a retreat,
     Get off the plate
And let the sweet
     Girl graduate!




June 1, 1910




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