If an unkind word appears, File the thing away. If some novelty in jeers, File the thing away. If some clever little bit Of a sharp and pointed wit, Carrying a sting with it -- File the thing away. If some bit of gossip come, File the thing away. Scandalously spicy crumb, File the thing away. If suspicion comes to you That your neighbor isn't true Let me tell you what to do -- File the thing away. Do this for a little while, Then go out and burn the file. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAREWELL TO FARGO: SELLING THE HOUSE by KAREN SWENSON ON THE DEATH OF MR. CRASHAW by ABRAHAM COWLEY THE DARK FOREST by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS EPITAPHS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS by AUGUSTE ANGELLIER MARATHON, SELECTION by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES MUSIC OF NATURE by E. JUSTINE BAYARD |