I WAS for Union -- you, ag'in' it. 'Pears like, to me, each side was winner, Lookin' at now and all 'at's in it. Le' 's go to dinner. Le' 's kind o' jes' set down together And do some pardnership forgittin' -- Talk, say, for instunce, 'bout the weather, Or somepin' fittin'. The war, you know, 's all done and ended, And ain't changed no p'ints o' the compass; Both North and South the health's jes' splendid As 'fore the rumpus. The old farms and the old plantations Still ockipies the'r old positions. Le' 's git back to old situations And old ambitions. Le' 's let up on this blame', infernal Tongue-lashin' and lap-jacket vauntin', And git back home to the eternal Ca'm we're a-wantin'. Peace kind o' sort o' suits my diet -- When women does my cookin' for me; Ther' wasn't overly much pie et Durin' the army. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JOHN CABANIS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE LITTLE BOY LOST, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE CROCODILE, FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON O MORS! QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA HOMINI PACEM HABENTI by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |