THE other fellow ought to do the things I leave undone; I like to hand him precepts true, and counsel by the ton. The other fellow'd find it wise to lead the simple life, to rigidly economize, assisted by his wife. While I blow in the good long green for diamond-studded lyres, for jugs of sparkling gasoline, and costly rubber tires. The other fellow ought to buy the cheaper cuts of meat, and feed his children prunes while I the juicy sirloin eat. The other fellow ought to keep within his modest means, and he can make his living cheap, by raising spuds and beans. The other fellow ought to sweat and struggle for each dime, while I go blithely into debt, and have a bully time. The other fellow ought to know that rainy days will come, and he, to sidestep grief and woe, should save an ample sum. While I blow all my coin away, much faster than it's earned, and say about the rainy day, "The rainy day be derned." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PLOUGHMAN by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE WIND IN A FROLIC by WILLIAM HOWITT AUTUMN SONG by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SUNSET ACROSS THE LAKE by AUGUSTA M. BARNEY DESPISED AND REJECTED by KATHARINE LEE BATES QUATRAIN by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN |