In Other Words/Rondel
Rondel
Bribery, suicide, crime— Ain’t it a deuce of a noteTrying to fashion a rhyme— One that exchanges will quote? Why do the papers devotePages and pages to grime,Bribery, suicide, crime? Ain’t it a deuce of a note?
Once when the psalter I smoteSounds that were sweet and sublime Came; but to-day if a poteEchoes the theme of his time—Bribery, Suicide, Crime— Ain’t it a deuce of a note?