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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THINGS THAT GET LOST, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: They tell me, when I lose a thing
Last Line: It's happy, 'cause it knows!
Subject(s): Children; Loss; Childhood
First Line: They tell me, when I lose a thing
Last Line: It's happy, 'cause it knows!
Subject(s): Children; Loss; Childhood
They tell me, when I lose a thing,
No one's at fault but me;
It's just because I'm carelesser
'N what I ought to be.
But there are happenin's that show
It isn't true a bit—
'Cause when a thing gets lost, I know
It's part the fault of it.
'Cause often when I'm in the house
For just a little while,
I put my cap an' ball an' such
All in a little pile.
Then when I'm in a rush to go,
And hurry right to where
I left 'em, it's most always so
That one of 'em's not there!
And while we hunt with all our might,
The thing we're looking for
Is hid, I'm sure, just out of sight
An' laughin' more an' more.
'Cause it can hear us goin' wrong
An' sayin', "Where d' you s'pose
That old thing is?" An' all along
It's happy, 'cause IT knows!
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