Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SATISFACTION, by WALT MASON


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SATISFACTION, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I hired a man to hoe my squashes; he came
Last Line: "action, endeavors to give satisfaction, deserves a high renown."
Subject(s): Gratitude; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers


I HIRED a man to hoe my squashes; he came, in gauntlets and goloshes, at the
appointed hour; he threw his coat upon some boulders, and rolled his
shirtsleeves to his shoulders, and hoed with vim and power. He did not pause at

times to cackle about the war, nor yet to tackle the grievous income tax; he
slew the weeds that threatened choking the vines, and kept his hoe a-smoking,
and buckled down like wax. And when his toilsome task was ended, up to the house

this worker wended, where I sat smoking hay; "Come out," he said, "where I've
been hoeing, and see I've made a proper showing, before I draw my pay." I fell
upon his neck and kissed him, and hung some laurels on his system, and cried,
"You take the bun! For seldom do I see a fellow who cares how punk his work, or

yellow, so that he gets the mon. I am enchanted with your labors, I'll recommend

you to my neighbors, and boost you through the town; the toiler who, by every
action, endeavors to give satisfaction, deserves a high renown."





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