Living
Jargon-Jingle
From Armazindy (1894)
Living
Tawdery!--faddery! Feathers and fuss!
Mummery!--flummery! wusser and wuss!
All o' Humanity--Vanity Fair!--
Heaven for nothin', and--nobody there!
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MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “Jargon-Jingle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/662/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “Jargon-Jingle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/662/.
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