Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDOMESTICATED ANIMALS, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: They cost a lot, they're a heap of bother Last Line: We're glad we've got them, because, you see Subject(s): Boys; Social Problems | ||||||||
They cost a lot, they're a heap of bother, They're mostly hungry and hard to fill, They trouble mother and worry father, They're rough and noisy enough, but still They leave disorder the whole house over, And oh, how frowsy and grimed they get; They're always bringing some canine rover And wanting to keep the cur, and yet They wear out clothes in a frightful fashion, They haven't a bit of respect for dress; For gathering junk they've an inborn passion, They clutter the house, but, nevertheless Of order and duty they've little notion, The walk's unswept and the grass uncut; For books or school they show scant devotion, They're always getting in trouble, but The neighbors' windows they're always breaking, In roughhouse gangs they are always banding, Their wild stunts keep us forever quaking, They're tough to handle, yet, notwithstanding Boys are a nuisance, there's no denying They're mostly lawless and rarely tame, Their ways are savage, their manners trying, They're restless creatures, but, just the same We wouldn't care for the house without them. Dear God, how empty and bleak 'twould be, So, though we constantly groan about them We're glad we've got them, because, you see | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COLORED BIRDS by CHARLES BUKOWSKI GENERATIONS by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE OLD WHITE MAN by WANDA COLEMAN THE BALLAD OF BALLYMOTE by TESS GALLAGHER THE LITTLE FISH DEVOURS THE BIG FISH by ALLEN GINSBERG OCTOBER, 1973 by CAROLYN KIZER A LETTER ON THE USE OF MACHINE GUNS AT WEDDINGS by KENNETH PATCHEN A LETTER TO A POLICEMAN IN KANSAS CITY by KENNETH PATCHEN AN EXPLANATION OF AMERICA by ROBERT PINSKY |
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