Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BULLY, by WALT MASON


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THE BULLY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You've doubtless encountered that terrible
Last Line: A spade.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


YOU'VE doubtless encountered that terrible gent, who'll fight at the drop of the

hat, who wanders the village, on trouble intent, as sassy as Thomas H. Cat. He
says he's the Terror from Bittercreek Bend, who ne'er was divorced from his
goat, and he will consider that person a friend who treads on the tail of his
coat. He bullies the undersized people he meets, and wrenches the invalid's
nose, and chases the cripples off most of the streets, and tramps on the
patriarch's toes. The chief of police, when the bully's around, has duties
important elsewhere; he's pinching an orphan for beating a hound, or chasing a
hen to its lair. It may be for months and it may be for years, men stand for
this delegate bad; but finally someone undaunted appears, and spreads him all
over the grad. Then people rejoice with a hearty good will, no longer distraught

and afraid; the bully they take to the dump on the hill, and put him to bed with

a spade.





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