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God Almighty sees we keep
Religiously to one another?
PARTISAN REVIEW
I often wondered what method
Governed the heavenly mind when
It made as audience to God
The sycophant, the seaman sod,
The solipsist-in short, men.
Even the circus-stepping mare
Lifts her nose into the air
In the presence of this paragon.
For half a dozen simple years
We lived fluently, so to speak,
On twenty-seven shillings a week;
And when, worried and in tears,
My mercenary wife complained
That we could not afford our marriage,
"It's twice as much," I explained,
"As
MacNcice pays for his garage."
I entertained the Marxian whore–
I was concerned with economics,
And naturally felt that more
Thought should be given to our stomachs:
But when I let my fancy dwell
On anything below the heart
I found my thoughts, and hands as well,
Resting upon some private part.
I sat one morning on the can
That served us as a lavatory
Composing some laudatory
Verses on the state of man.
My wife called from the kitchen dresser:
"There's someone here from Japan.
He wants you out there.
As
a Professor.
Oh, yes. The War just began."
