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Show UTO NIANNineteen TwelveAn English II LamentTO WRITE a theme for English 2, With Tungstens turned on bright, Might not be called such wretched workIf everything went right. But when the neighbor's daughter, May,Runs scales from A to G. That makes the ghost of Chopin walk- Think what they do to me!The pianola 'cross the streetWhirls off some catchy "rag," And breaks into my ponderingWith "Peaceful Henry-Drag." A two-step floats into the room-Familiar as can be- They play it at the Odeon-Think what that does to me!Up in the flat, a graphaphone-The worst I've ever heard Or ever hope again to hear-Grinds off "The Mocking Bird" It brings a train of memories,But whence-now Let me see- Ah, yes, they are of Florida-Think what that means to me!And so it goes, the livelong time,I try to think and write, But this far-reaching musicaleTransports me every night. It whirls me 'round the Odeon,It carries me to sea, And it makes me write some wretched themes-That's what it does for me!74 |
