[THOUGHTS THOUGHT WHILST MOWIN’ THE LAWN ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON]

O Circus Day! So very brief art thou,

From early morn when first doth rise the tent

Till midnight comes and all the show hath went;

Thou ’rt like a swiftly passin’ dream. Oh, how

I wish the laggin’ tasks that wet the brow

With per-spi-ra-tion (sweat is what I meant)

Would haste as thou dost haste. How different