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Show "OUT OF MY SUNSHINE".. When Macedon's great monarch paid Diogenes a visit, He doutbless went in pomp arrayed To play the great What-is-it; But such-a tawdry show to see Aroused the sage's dander, .' And every schoolboy knows what he Remarked to Alexander. Now, no philosopher am I; No tub do I inhabit; But when intp my fourteen-by Some furtive-featured rabbit Intrudes, and interrupts my ease With some salacious slander I plagiarize Diogenes In chat with Alexander. Approached by some perfervid soul Who feels a mighty mission To turn my thoughts to Birth Control, Or Worldwide Prohibition, Cr Death to Cats of all Degrees, Or some such propaganda, I answer aB Diogenes Replied to Alexander. Accosted by some Mournful Mike, Who has a pet affliction, And starts to tell me what it's like Without the least restriction, And prate of sundry remedies, And their results, with candor, I tell him what Diogenes Told mighty Alexander. There's lots of sunshine all about For chaps like me to bask in, Were't not too oft from us shut out By guests we didn't ask in; And I, for one, am prone to seize The role of reprimander, And chide them as Diogenes Chid bumptious Alexander. W. E. Nesom in Saturday Evening Post |