He hurled his chair at the Lord Mayor's head.

It missed that head by the width of a hair.

Gee—whizz!

What a horrible squeak!

But it crashed through the big bay-window there

And smashed a bus into Wednesday week.

And the very next day, in the decorous Times

(Great—Guns—

How the headlines ran!)

In spite of the kings and the wars and the crimes,