Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PERSONAL LIBERTY', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Said the man to the saloon-keeper, 'your work malvolent Last Line: "and the rummy answered, ""personal fldlesticks”" Subject(s): Personal Rights; Bars & Bartenders | ||||||||
Said the Man to the Saloon-Keeper, "Your work malevolent Increases all my taxes full seventy-flve per cent." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty:" Said the Man to the Saloon-Keeper, "Your execrable trade Is teaching all my rulers their own laws to evade." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty I" Said the Man to the Saloon -Keeper, "My heart Is full uf woe. For I see your wretched victims whatever way I go." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty I" Said the Man to the Saloon-Keeper. "Your pestilent decoy Is capturing and maddening and ruining my boy." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty!" Said the Man to the Saloon Keeper, "I'll ex- ercise right soon My 'personal liberty' to smash your vile saloo, And the Rummy answered, "fiddlesticks!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOUSE OF SILENCE by PHILIP LEVINE SPRING STREET BAR by MEI-MEI BERSSENBRUGGE DISCOVERING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF LLOYD, EARL, AND PRISCILLA by LYNN EMANUEL THE NIGHT MAN AT THE BLUE LITE by LYNN EMANUEL DRAFT OF THE SMOKY LIFE by FORREST GANDER ANY NEWS FROM ALPHA CENTAURI by ANSELM HOLLO A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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