The Laughing Willow / Verses and Pictures

CONTENTS

THE LAUGHING WILLOW
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Epitaphs	9
The Truth About Russia	11
The Wedding Feast	11
A Mujik	12
The Cossack	13
The Three S’s	14
The Air Raid	15
Vale Diabole	18
The Wrong Floor	21
Marching to Berlin	23
Target Practice	26
The Sausage Balloon	27
Concerning the Crown Prince	28
Camouflage	31
The Tank	32
The Bird-Man	33
Frenzylogical Chart	34
Britannia Salvatrix	35
Father Wilhelm	37
The Touching Ballad of General von Beers	40
An Imperial Sneeze	45
The Rubaiyat of Billi Kaisam	52
War Relief	57
Summer Mass	58
ABOUT PEOPLE I HAVE MET
J. M. Barrie	61
The Horse	63
The Town Cat	65
Towser	68
The Oyster	70
The Mouse	71
PEOPLE I HAVE NOT MET
The Turtle	77
Michael O’Leary	79
Clorinda	82
Alcibiades J. Skinner	85
Eve	90
The Highbrow Hen	91
Sir Ippykin	92
The Psychology Cop	95
Phyllis Lee	97
Mrs. Seymour Fentolin	99
The Devil Among the Ladies	101
Spring	105
The Catfish	108
The Prodigal Centipede	109
A Ballade of Black Socks	111
OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING MARK TWAIN
The Gentlemen of Letters	THE LAUGHING WILLOW To see the Kaiser’s epitaph Would make a weeping willow laugh. Clyx.com