Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WRONG HOUSE, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY


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THE WRONG HOUSE, by                    
First Line: I went into a house, I don't know whose house
Last Line: Nobody wanted it at all.
Subject(s): Home; Parties


I went into a house, I don't know whose house.
Some one was throwing a debutante ball.
But I didn't have an invite,
An invite,
An invite.
But that didn't bother me at all.

I went into a house, I don't know whose house.
I parked my wrap in the entrance hall.
I didn't know the hostess,
The hostess,
The hostess.
But that didn't bother me at all.

I went into a house, I don't know whose house.
The party was due for a big, flat fall.
They didn't have a punchbowl,
A punchbowl,
A punchbowl.
It wasn't a bang-up party at all.

I went into a house, some dodo's house.
I heard from the ballroom the saxophone's call.
And there was a punchbowl, but
Nobody'd
Spiked it.
Nobody wanted it at all.





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