Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PERVERSITY, by WALT MASON Poet's Biography First Line: The doctor says that pies are harmful, I Last Line: Takes a pride in scorning all sorts of danger signs. Subject(s): Contrariness; Danger | ||||||||
THE doctor says that pies are harmful, I must eat them no more; and that is why they seem so charmful I'd like to eat a score. Before me there are wholesome vittles that I may safely try; I'll have of them no jots or tittles, my system shrieks for pie. I didn't much enjoy my smoking until the doctor came, informing me I'd soon be croaking unless I quit the same. Then fascinating and enchanting seemed my old pipe of oak, and here I'm sitting, yearning, panting, for something I can smoke. Last winter, when the boys were skatinga sport of which I'm fondI, too, began absquatulating along the village pond. The boys all said I was a winner, for fluent legs are mine, until I saw, where ice was thinner, a big square "Danger" sign. I skated up to see it closeryou should have seen me sink! It took two blacksmiths and a grocer to drag me from the drink. Who cares a kopeck for a warning? Man to his doom inclines because he takes a pride in scorning all sorts of danger signs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STORMING TOWARD A PRECIPICE by SIMON J. ORTIZ ESSAY: THE EARLIEST WORLD by ELENI SIKELIANOS CLIMBING A TREE by DAVID WAGONER THE MYSTERY OF THE CAVES by MICHAEL WATERS PLAYING IT SAFE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE SWORD by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE PERIL AS A POSSESSION by EMILY DICKINSON |
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