Shall I tell you a story, Baby dear? I think your bedtime is drawing near. Well then, come sit on your Auntie's knee And you shall choose what the tale shall be. Shall I tell you about the Jones's divorce? It's awfully good and it's true of course. Or about Miss Smith's breach of promise suit Against the man she had threatened to shoot? Or the funny one, how the Ku Klux Klan Made a mistake and killed the wrong man? What! You've heard all those and a lot much worse? You're a tiresome child! Run along to Nurse! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 14 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ON THE BRINK by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE DAY IS DONE by PHOEBE CARY ODE TO BEAUTY by RALPH WALDO EMERSON JOHN BROWN'S BODY by CHARLES SPRAGUE HALL |