The pessimist (found in my late mothers stuff)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
THIS CRAZY, DISAPPOINTING WORLD
KEEPS GETTING IN MY HAIR :
IMAGINE! GROPING ALL THESE YEARS
FOR JOYS THAT JUST AIN'T THERE !
DISAPPOINTMENTS, RIGHT AND LEFT,
IN FOLKS, EVENTS, AND SUCH --
LIFE RUNS SMOOTHLY FOR AWHILE,
THEN PRESTO ! I'M IN DUTCH !
LIFE MOCKS MY EVERY DREAM AND SAYS,
"I WON'T BE KIND-I WON'T"
YOU'D THINK THAT I'D HAVE SENSE ENOUGH
TO LAUGH AT HER-- BUT I DON'T.
I CHOOSE TO BE A PESSIMIST,
AN UNAMBITIOUS RUNT:
LIFE HATES ME - DAILY KNOCKS ME DOWN,
AND THERE I STAY - AND GRUNT !
AUTHOR UNKNOWN !
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Submitted on November 13, 2018
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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