Life's Tragedies, a poem by Ed. Blair

Life's Tragedies

SCENE 1.
Two-cent dog; a mangy cur,
Just too lazy for to stir.
SCENE 2.
Man with number thirteen boot
Comes along dressed in new suit.
SCENE 3.
Steps on two-cent doggie's tail,
Doggie sets up plaintive wail.
SCENE 4.
Owner rushes out to see
What can all the trouble be.
SCENE 5.
Says a man who kicks his dog,
He can throw down like a log.
SCENE 6.
Man with boots, he says: "By Jing
You have struck the real thing."
SCENE 7.
Leads out with the left, then right,
And the crowd yells with delight.
SCENE 8.
Police whistle; man with star;
Both are brought before the bar.
SCENE 9.
Ten for one. The other five. _{* * * *} But that dog was still alive.

Kansas Zephyrs
Ed. Blair
(Madison, Wis.: American Thresherman. 1901)
Page 142

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