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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MASQUERADERS, by WEX JONES
First Line: The telephone looks like a dolly
Last Line: Till betty's back safely in school.
Subject(s): Children; Prudence; Childhood; Caution
First Line: The telephone looks like a dolly
Last Line: Till betty's back safely in school.
Subject(s): Children; Prudence; Childhood; Caution
The telephone looks like a dolly;
The decanter resembles a book;
The doorstop's a cat, and so lifelike at that,
I have always to stop for a look.
The shoehorn is painted with flowers;
The whiskbroom's disguised as a fan;
The canary's pagoda is made in the mode a
Mechanic might choose in Japan.
The phonograph's carved like a coffer
From some ancient baronial hall;
There's a patent intention no modern invention
Shall look as if modern at all.
The electrics are camouflaged candles;
And fringes and ribbons the rule:
But we bear it and sigh, her mother and I,
Till Betty's back safely in school.
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