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Show 00 ptl I LITTLE BENNY'S j 5jj INoteSook II By LEE PAPE r " fw. OWNING A HOME. P'W I I own my home, my life's a ponr 'from outside to the center; I in full, iu j nj( side, of honest pride; I'm sorr; fc. the renter I own my shack both fron". and back, the kitchen and the porches, and here 1 sit and feel I'm It, anC , ini smoke my five-cent torches. The tree j tQl (and vine are strictly mine, the con , I crete walks and hedges, the elms and , y ews, old cans and shoes, lhe a an 1 . . saw and wedges. The house is old, the j rooms are cold, the roof is often leak ing, and in the n(ht. when men sleep Hi ticht. I hear the front gate creakin? L . Bui it Is mine, thus shack of pine, anu H there's no mortgage on it. and here ( sit and do m bit at writing ode an'J sonnet. My house is cheap; no foot nun keep their vigils in its hallwas no butler stern with pomp to hurn jt lo re combs his auburn galways. M' yK Vj J house is punk, the doors are shrunk Iflty the windows shake and rattle; and on I (he stairs and umbu chairs the "l IsJ 5 land rais give baltie k isn't line, hu Jji 'it is mine, with snubs I bid ou en my tcr; I am the king while here, by J"1--" Hj I'm sorry for the renter. 1 |