The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-02-22
Medical Man Expresses
Views In Rhyme 7olDard
Keeping Of Young Mind

1t is customary for a writer to
begin his epistle or communication
with a few lines of verse! verse or
poetry, show the mind is still young
and amenable to the beauties of
/ the environment we live in. 1t
shows that the blood pressure is
still normal, and hardening of the
arteries has not yet begun. The
Sanhedrin and annotators who put
the Bible together did not under
stand this or they would have plac-
ed the Song of Solomon, which is
a book of poetry, at the beginning
of his known writings that were
thought worthy of preservation, as
he wrote this book when he was
young. Next they would have
placed the Proverbs, written when
he had reached middle lite, when
his judgement and understanding
was sound and contained wisdom,
and last Ecclesiastes. That was
written when he was old and after
he had taken up with the Egyptian
woman and all was vanity and
vexatious to him, knowing these
things, it is well for all of us to try
to keep young. To keep a certain
amount of Poetry in our lives. To
see and appreciate the blue sky,
the bright sunshine, the flowers
and green trees, the smell of the
rose and the night blooming jas
mine. To hear the oriole on the
bough singing to his mate and
hearing the hooking bird answer
ing call for call. 1t shows that
we have not yet reached those days
when we are told we will have no
pleasure in them. We also know
from experience to sit too long in
an office waiting for a patient
makes Jack dull boy and holds
nothing ahead for US to keep us,
from growing old. Now since my
prologue is complete, / will go on
"AeA AiJ oCOA
l am far below the Mason line,
That Mason run from Oak to
pine,
| am sitting in the sun beside the
Sea
While the tide winds are blow
ing over me.
| can see far out the Coral Keys,
And on my face | feel the
ocean breeze.
While on that distant point of
land or key,
A Lighthouse stands to warn
the Sailors of the Sea.
Here is the place to wear your
old clothes out.
Here is the place to get relief
from govt.
You can leave dull care and bust
ness far behind,
To build up your physique
and doctor up your mind.
For so green and fair in this land
of the sun,
The vines of the ground and
rich mellow sun,
Where the people are living on
oysters and CLANS
With an assortment thrown in
of sow-belly and yams.
Where the coon-dog is sleeping on
the porch by the door,
And dreaming of freeing an
old coon once more.
Where the women go bare foot
with pipe in their mouth,
Depicts a true story of life
in the South.
With the negro with a mixture of
France and of Spain,
Who, with idioms peculiar to
both countries retain,
Where work is the very least
trouble they see,
As the tide winds blow in
from the caribbean Sea.
For from sire to son, it is the law,
From Florida to Arkansaw.
What you must have, first try to
borrow,
And put off all work until
tomorrow.
All through the South you will
find today,
A lethargy and slip-shod way.
In the way they sow and the way
they reap.
That shows the South is still
asleep.
For there are acres of the finest
land
That in jungle and scrub oak
stand,
That would raise the truck and
garden stuff,
Until the North would cry.
enough.
When | left st. Paul. the wild
geese were in the upper air on
their annual exodus to the south
land. The old gander leaders
honking to the younger ones to
beware of the white lights as they
passed the city. An old Indian
told me that the fur on the Beaver
was unusually long and thick. That /,
than xtsar. ssstf4spcr daxs-r a syanH