PATHETIC QUERIES by C.J. Dennis (1876 - 1938)

   
Works in the Gadfly 1906
PATHETIC QUERIES
ASTRONOMY

The sun he is a funny thing, I’ve often watched the way He shines and shines like anything Throughout the livelong day.
The moon is less particular; And she is lazy, too. She shines in bits. Is that what she Would do if she was you?
I think he’s too precise, Old Sol, At least, he seems to be. He certainly would have a hol- Iday if he was me.

POVERTY
I often watch the curling smoke Go up from my cigar – At least, I often would if they Were cheaper than they are.

"T.O’R"
The Gadfly, 26 December 1906, p902

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