Idealistc/Realistc

                                               Idealistic

I want to be an editor,

     And live a life of ease;

I’d always go to every show

     Free-gratis should I please.

I’d have free tickets round the world,

     And hosts at my command;

My pen would sweep the mighty deep

And move the mighty land.

                                                Realistic

O, now I am an editor,

     As busy as two bees;

My brow is wet with honest (?)sweat,

     My pants bag at the knees.

My printers smoke the best cigars,

     My devil is a swell;

The only pass I have, alas!

     Goes gratis through to ---l.

May 25, ‘91

Pub. in Camb. Press