Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A REJECTED COMRADE, by COSETTE FAUST NEWTON


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TO A REJECTED COMRADE, by                    
First Line: I fear, my friend, you would not greatly care
Last Line: Of all attempt to make our pathways blend.
Subject(s): Friendship


I fear, my friend, you would not greatly care
For those rough paths I set my feet upon;
Nor would you rugged, unknown mountains dare,
When every vestige of your strength had gone.
No Chinese bandits would you like to meet,
Nor foreign foods -- a menace to your health --
Nor wild adventure down some native street --
YET -- I would seek these, even if by stealth, --
And while I sought strange foods and stranger faces,
Weird temple dancing, -- crags and dangers grim, --
If YOU found travel meant just more new places
For playing bridge and keeping well in trim
Your game, -- ah then, my friend, would come the end
Of all attempt to make our pathways blend.





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