To an Utter Stranger, with whom the Bard had Bumped Heads at a Corner.

Our heads have met, and, if thine smarts

Like mine, you hope they won’t again.

Friends who saw the painful scene

Laughed till laughter grew a pain.

I only know we bumped them once,

I only know we looked insane:

Our heads have met (mine seemed in parts).—

I hope they’ll never meet again.

Then we fell, but lent a hand