Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOC TANSER, by JOHN RUSSELL MCCARTHY


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LOC TANSER, by                    
First Line: Blackened teeth, crooked knees
Last Line: Loc tanser will supply the glory.


Blackened teeth, crooked knees --
Loc made happiness of these.

"There is so many a glory bed
I shall not have to fill," he said.

Frowsy wife, with eyes a-blur --
Loc made happiness with her.

"She's not tempted from her duty
As is the selfish pampered beauty."

When the mule kicked, instead of crying,
Loc made happiness of dying.

"This world was such a pleasant place,
There must be glory where I face."

And though dust be his endless story,
Loc Tanser will supply the glory.





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