The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-13
HEAD RESTS WHILE
HE RESTS HIS FEET
Poet of Lewiston Journal Eliminates
on Things Past and
Present.

FIRES gettin kinder low and the
soft an rudy cow keeps me settIn'
rather late, watchin by the dyin
CRATE. Boots are of an here I set,
toes wigglin' free from fret; com.
fort soothn-llke, an sweet soakin up,
wards thru my feet droWsy mebbe In
my chair; faint ez II he'd ter care.
faint the worst o. luck ter be, all
alone an fancy free, when the ngnt
IS shuttin down an there's silence
all Ground T'a'nt so bad to have q
Glance to give yer mind a song and
dance. 'TWant do a weary man no
harm to hey a chance to find the
charm in the fireights rosy glow
when yer all crlone, you know.
Gosh! ike to rest my feet when
The day is all complete Pull them
cowhides Off and groan, Jest ez tho
ye'd broke a bone toss EN- IN the
corner there stretch an grunt meb.
be swear; old feet seem ter larf for
fair, when you swear an give EN-
air; an rest EN- in another chair an
let EN- sorter rare and tear; doesn't
hurt We soul a cent ter givu yer
feelin's mod'rate vent, when the DAY
is all complete an We set and rest yer
eec.
Linged eff ! know why yer kicks;
get themselves In sech fix, paddlln
round upon the bricks! Don't see why
the Lord who knows, didn't make a
poor mans toes jest as easy az his
nose. Why'd he put our feet ter boot
an never bother, with our snoot!
When ye get them d feet free lest
as happy as can be, kind 'er feel EN-
breathe and sign; sleepy-llke they
seem 10 lie; near EN- sorter snar
an crack as they wiggle fore an
back; seem TO act like some poor cuss
out O prison and ts muss, sorteI
Heait and iree to CO. where the wind
Iand grasses blow. Drefiul nice / viii
repeat. to set an rest and rest yer
feet when the day IS all complete
Folks abed and all so snug: cat
layln' on the rug; wind a singing so
ana low down the chmbley; an the
snow ticklin' on the windar pane
Ike the SCUM o. summer rain: dog &
groWlin' in his sleep; motler snorin
sorter sweet; clock a tickln' regular
there, ez ] set me in my chair Cur
tains drawn an all around not anoth
en- sorter sound, save a gentle. drow
/ ~ mum, like the beating Of a drum
mebbe It's and mebhe faint ike tn,
iarolf weary plant of them DAYS s.,
| long ago, all a marchin' In a row
meube tbs an mebbe faint mufmu,
| Il the days that amt; voices OF tn,
friends OF yore, Jest a wait n at IN,
! door Anyway It's nightly sweet
lest to set an rest yer feet, when III,
day is all complete.
Guess it's easy thing to trace. in tn,
wrinkles o, my face, how the year,
have run their race. sence built thi
fireplace. Funny thing this way 4
has keep.n up the daily Jazz. beatln
humans to a frazz, never known
where we be; things a dom ye can
zee, innards likely all congeste,
"aer yero fee'in at yer best, mebb,
pin ana mebbe flu runnin' feelers in
ter yCu: ain egzactly to be said
when tomorrow finds its bed. if YOUR
live or II you're dead. Old friend
aorter leayin' you; someone daily &c
tin thru; makes We fell a trihe blu
as the heat comes seepin thru: al
ycu wiggle of your toe at the fir
ieht's ruddy glow, thinkin mebl
tis is true; you are also gettin' thrI
Things amt allus cent-percent. whel
yer give yer ieelins vent, as the da,
is all complete an yer set an res
ser .ect,
But there's cheerfuller things 70
ore as he let's his fancies run; chill
drens vcices long forgot. haunt thi
quiet peaceful spot; flynn curls an,
tiny feet make the day.dreams NOR
complete; and You hear the voice
come, mingled with the drowsy hum
like the beatin of drum. Sin lar
ant ii. how yer seem TO see thing
Kind Of in er dream, ez yer watch Til
CLOWN Goals and the smoke wreatl
as it rolls, upward to the chimble,
ilue Wen there's nobuddy but YOU
Singlar. amt it, how yer hear