Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SAME OLD STORY, by HARRY BACHE SMITH


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First Line: History, and nature, too, repeat themselves, they say
Last Line: Same old baby -- nothing new!
Subject(s): Boredom; Cynicism; History; Life; Nature; Ennui; Historians


HISTORY, and nature, too, repeat themselves, they say;
Men are only habit's slaves; we see it every day.
Life has done its best for me -- I find it tiresome still;
For nothing's everything at all, and everything is nil.
Same old get-up, dress, and tub;
Same old breakfast; same old club;
Same old feeling; same old blue;
Same old story -- nothing new!

Life consists of paying bills as long as you have health;
Woman? She'll be true to you -- as long as you have wealth;
Think sometimes of marriage, if the right girl I could strike;
But the more I see of girls, the more they are alike.
Same old giggles, smiles, and eyes;
Same old kisses; same old sighs;
Same old chaff you; same adieu;
Same old story -- nothing new!

Go to theatres sometimes to see the latest plays;
Same old plots I played with in my happy childhood's days;
Hero, same; same villain; and same heroine in tears,
Starving, homeless, in the snow -- with diamonds in her ears.
Same stern father making "bluffs";
Leading man all teeth and cuffs;
Same soubrettes, still twenty-two;
Same old story -- nothing new!

Friend of mine got married; in a year or so, a boy!
Father really foolish in his fond paternal joy;
Talked about that "kiddy," and became a dreadful bore --
Just as if a baby never had been born before.
Same old crying, only more;
Same old business, walking floor;
Same old "kitchy -- coochy -- coo!"
Same old baby -- nothing new!





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