Classic Poem

" Your verses are terrible stuff,
Decreasing in merit each day. "
" Your flickering flame I would snuff! "
I don't care a whoop what you say.
" You ought to be pitching the hay,
Not wasting good paper and ink! "
" You ought to be driving a dray! "
I don't care a cuss what you think.

" Your column is buncombe and bluff " ;
" Your feet are the commonest clay " ;
" I'll say that your morals are tough. "
I don't care a whoop what you say.
" To think of your drawing down pay
For junk you should chuck in the zinc! "
" I think you're a hick and a jay! "
I don't care a cuss what you think.

" Your rhymes are unfunny and rough;
Your paragraphs never are gay;
I'll say that I holler " Enough!" "
I don't care a whoop what you say.

" You're only a deuce or a trey,
Instead of an ace or a kink.
I think you're a dub every way. "
I don't care a cuss what you think.

L'ENVOI

You say that I lie in this lay?
I don't care a whoop what you say.
You think that I wrote with a wink?
I don't care a cuss what you think.