Slightly different from what Dale Wimbrow wrote!
These are Dale winbrow true written words of this poem he titled “the guy in the glass!”<br /><br />The Guy in the Glass<br /><br />by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934<br /><br />When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,<br /><br />And the world makes you King for a day,<br /><br />Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,<br /><br />And see what that guy has to say.<br /><br />For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife,<br /><br />Who judgement upon you must pass.<br /><br />The feller whose verdict counts most in your life<br /><br />Is the guy staring back from the glass.<br /><br />He's the feller to please, never mind all the rest,<br /><br />For he's with you clear up to the end,<br /><br />And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test<br /><br />If the guy in the glass is your friend.<br /><br />You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,<br /><br />And think you're a wonderful guy,<br /><br />But the man in the glass says you're only a bum<br /><br />If you can't look him straight in the eye.<br /><br />You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,<br /><br />And get pats on the back as you pass,<br /><br />But your final reward will be heartaches and tears<br /><br />If you've cheated the guy in the glass.
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