Friday, April 29, 2011

Daily Dose

From A Subtreasury of American Humor, edited by E. B. & Katherine S. White

LENGTHY SYMPHONY

"The opus rises to fortissimo
While I, once more, resign myself to fate,
Hemmed in quite hopelessly by row on row
Of music lovers, hushed, insatiate.
I know it is a sacrilege to sigh --

The end is nearing, in all likelihood --
But one affrighted piccolo and I
See no way out of this enchanted wood."

-- Peris Greely Anderson

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