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THE PESSIMIST by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HIS BODY BULGED WITH PUPPIES - LITTLE EYES
Last Line: "WHEN NO ONE WANTS THESE LITTLE DOGS OF MINE."
Subject(s): PESSIMISM;

His body bulged with puppies -- little eyes
Peeped out of every pocket, black and bright;
And with as innocent, round-eyed surprise
He watched the glittering traffic of the night.

"What this world's coming to I cannot tell,"
He muttered, as I passed him, with a whine --
"Things surely must be making slap for hell,
When no one wants these little dogs of mine."



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