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substitute ([personal profile] substitute) wrote2002-09-20 02:29 pm

Poem of the day

No, don't be scared, I didn't write it.

http://www.bartleby.com/123/62.html

Housman is a big favorite of mine, and this one really sums up a lot of my particular viewpoint on life. People often accuse me of being negative; I call it preparing for reality. Call me Mithridates!

[identity profile] eyeteeth.livejournal.com 2002-09-20 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, that's one of my favorites too! And I like it for the same reason. People may call me a cynic, but the true cynics are the people who think life is so wretched that it must be sugarcoated.

[identity profile] rpkrajewski.livejournal.com 2002-09-20 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Any poem that contains the word stupid in the first line is alrighy by me !