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WINTER HAPPINESS
LOVE the winter with her snow, as down the world she teeters!
No flies to swat, no lawns to mow, no battles with moskeeters!
I blithely carry in the coal, to make the fireside cheery, and read
about the long lost pole, and Amundsen and Peary. I gaily
take my trusty lyre and seize a chair that fits me, and play until I bust
a wire, or till my grandma hits me. A man can sit and close his eyes
and
dream without a sore head; serenely knowing that the flies won't
gnaw
his nose or forehead. No chiggers will devour his limbs or ants
bring dire disaster; what wonder that his joyous hymns shake down a
lot of plaster? Oh, Winter, I could sing your praise in odes too long
for printing! I'd not curtail by one your days! Keep up your merry
winting! Pile up your clouds until the skies assume a dark complex-
ion! Storm, rave and howl, and freeze the flies too dead for resur-
rection! You'll never hear me rant and carp because you tilt and tour-
ney; I'll sit here and slug my harp and cheer you on your journey!
IDEAS OF A PLAIN MAN
ETAOIN SHRDLU C
Copyright, 1913, by George Matthew Adams.
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