Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1912 — A Prose Poem. [ARTICLE]

A Prose Poem.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants it all at once. And end of all this sleet and snow would quiet all his grunts. He’d like to get his garden in as early as he can, in order that the taste of tin may spare the inner man. He’d like to potter round the grdpe and burrow in the yard until the sun restored his shape with trying out Jthq lard. He’d like to see his stomach sink and watch his doubly .chin subside until his friends would blink to see him Coming in. The damp s.we£t fragrance of the soil would gratify his nose, and many a barren place with toil wohld blossom like the rose. The balmy zephyrs of the spring would cool aim where he’s bald, and a meal would send him galloping whenever he were called. He’d blow out all the old store air he carries in his chest, and fill it with the perfumes rare of Araby the blest. He’d sing the sub down in the west and sing it up__in the East, and take a~hitch up in his vest against the coming feast. He’d scatter cheer, and make a truly joyful sound in that glad time of year. He wouldn’t care a whoop outdoors if Wiley’b opt or and he’d make a hobby of the chores accru-

ing to his lot. Man wants but little here below—<h is wants are mighty few and ladylike; but even so, he wants them when they’re due.