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PTOMAINE STREET

THE TALE OF WARBLE PETTICOAT

To Roberta Wolf Buehler My Beloved Friend

FOREWORD TO A FOOLISH BOOK

A certain Poet once opined That life is earnest, life is real; But some are of a different mind, And turn to hear the Cap-bells peal. Oft in this Vale of Smiles I've found Foolishness makes the world go round.

Ecclesiastes, Solomon, And lots of those who've passed before us, Denounced all foolishness and fun, Not so the gay and blithesome Horace; And Shakespeare's Jaques, somewhat hotly, Declared the only wear is Motley!

We mortals, fools are said to be; And doesn't this seem rather nice? I learn, on good authority, That Fools inhabit Paradise! Honored by kings they've always been; And--you know where Fools may rush in.

I hope you think my lines are bright, I hope you trow my jests are clever; If you approve of what I write Then you and I are friends forever. But if you say my stuff is rotten, You are forgiven and forgotten.

Though, as the old hymn runs, I may not Sing like the angels, speak like Paul; Though on a golden lyre I play not, As David played before King Saul; Yet I consider this production A gem of verbalesque construction.

So, what your calling, or your bent, If clergy or if laity, Fall into line. I'll be content And plume me on my gayety, If of the human file and rank I can make nine-tenths smile,--and thank.

PTOMAINE STREET

On a Pittsburgh block, where three generations ago might have been heard Indian war-whoops--yes, and the next generation wore hoops, too--a girl child stood, in evident relief, far below the murky gray of the Pittsburgh sky.

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