Famous Vittles Poems by Famous Poets

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Salts And Oils

...of September
lengthened; in the distance a man hammered
on the roof of a hangar and groaned how he
was out of luck and vittles. Bummed a ride
in from Mitchell Field and had beet borscht
and white bread at 34th and 8th Avenue.
I threw up in the alley behind the YMCA
and slept until they turned me out.
I walked the bridge to Brooklyn
while the East River browned below.
A mile from Ebbetts Field, from all
that history, I found Murray, my papa's
buddy, in his greasy truck shop, ...Read more of this...
by Levine, Philip


Thars More In the Man Than Thar Is In The Land

...s a lookin' as hum- 
Ble as ef he had never owned any land. 

But Brown he axed him in, and he sot 
Him down to his vittles smokin' hot, 
And when he had filled hisself and the floor 
Brown looked at him sharp and riz and swore 
That, "whether men's land was rich or poor 
Thar was more in the MAN than thar was in the LAND."...Read more of this...
by Lanier, Sidney

The Bench-Legged Fyce

...nch-legged pup
Wuz as tall settin' down as he wuz standin' up!

He'd lie by the stove of a night an' regret
The various vittles an' things he had et;
When a stranger, most likely a tramp, come along,
He'd lift up his voice in significant song -
You wondered, by gum! how there ever wuz space
In that bosom o' his'n to hold so much bass!

Of daytimes he'd sneak to the road an' lie down,
An' tackle the country dorgs comin' to town;
By common consent he wuz boss in St. Joe,
For wh...Read more of this...
by Field, Eugene

The Power Of Prayer

...rastlin'-match, I, too, gwine do my bes';
When Jacob got all underholt, de Lord he answered Yes!

And what for waste de vittles, now, and th'ow away de bread,
Jes' for to strength dese idle hands to scratch dis ole bald head?
T'ink of de 'conomy, Marster, ef dis ole Jim was dead!

Stop; -- ef I don't believe de Debble's gone on up de stream!
Jes' now he squealed down dar; -- hush; dat's a mighty weakly scream!
Yas, sir, he's gone, he's gone; -- he snort way off, like in a dre...Read more of this...
by Lanier, Sidney

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