Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1915, Page 21

Description:	Twenty-oneThe GothicBoy; pin;Sharp bend;Of painNo end!Mules heelsUnbend;Hurled endOver end!Slick walks;Ankles bend;Lands onWrong end!Rheumatiz;Cant bend.Wont iceEver end!North pike;Sharp bend;Bump! Crash--The end.Now heMust bend,World withOut end!--W. G.A Lower LeafI saw him once beforeAs he passed through the door,Very brave!And again the glasses clinkAs he hovers on the brinkOf the grave.They say that when a boy,Eer the taste for liquid joyGot him down,Everybody used to say,He will be a judge some dayIn our town.But now his carcass shakesAnd hes always seeing snakesLong and slim,And his friends all turn awayJust as much as if to say,Booze has him.Underneath the churchyard shadeSleeps a simple-hearted maid,True to death!But his lips that sealed the vowReek with vile pollution nowEvery breath.Ive heard my grandma cry--Poor old lady, she will dieSome sweet day--That hes got a warty nose,And his hair like seaweed growsLong and gray.I know it is a shameTo laugh; but all the sameIm amusedAt the way he reels alongClucking out a hiccough-songWhen hes boozed.If I ever get so lowAs to touch it and net knowWhen to quit,Will some honest Christian pardCome and kick me good and hardWhere I sit?I know it is a shameTo laugh; but all the sameIm amused.B. H. S. 1915It is the man who is too lazy to wind his watch who complains of bad times.Image alt-text: Two black ink drawings. The first drawing is a comic panel runs along the first poem, illustrating it. The drawing is signed “NORM.” The second drawing is of a clown, using a cane accompanies the second poem, A Lower Leaf. The drawing is signed NORMAN.
Source:	http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-bloom/id/1543
Collection:	Bloomington High School

Further information on this record can be found at its source.