Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OBVIOUS TRUTH, by WALT MASON


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OBVIOUS TRUTH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I know that when there comes disaster, that
Last Line: And pull its whiskers and defy it, it skips to beat the band.
Subject(s): Truth


I KNOW that when there comes disaster, that sticks like an adhesive plaster, a
man gets no relief, by giving free vein to his dander, and showing Innocent
Bystander how loudly he can beef. I know that sympathy will dwindle, if all the

fires of wrath you kindle, when you have stubbed your toe; far better for your
fame it will be, if you will simply nurse your trilby, and say it looks like
snow. All men admire and love the Spartan who struggles to conceal his smartin',

his sickness and his pain; so if your head hurts, don't sit crying, but spend a

minute prophesying that we shall have some rain. I know disaster sticks the
tighter to any weak and weeping blighter who will not turn and scrap; but it
will find its job revolting, and soon quit badgering and jolting the brisk,
aggressive chap. Ill fortune is a tin-horn bluffer; it dogs your heels and makes

you suffer, while you for this will stand; but when all fearlessly you eye it,
and pull its whiskers and defy it, it skips to beat the band.





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