Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BOY DECIDES, by RICKMAN MARK


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THE BOY DECIDES, by                    
First Line: I'd like to be a p'liceman
Last Line: And blow my whistle hard.
Subject(s): Boys; Careers


I'D like to be a p'liceman
And flash my bull's-eye out,—
If there were not so many thieves
And drunken men about.

I'd like to be a butcher
And use a knife and steel,—
If only bullocks didn't bleed
And piggies wouldn't squeal.

And sailors go so far from home,
And soldiers often die,
And Mr. Blake, the blacksmith,
Got a big spark in his eye;

And so I think that, after all,
I'll be a railway guard,
And run beside the train, and jump,
And blow my whistle hard.





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