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Reason, The: Poem About a Friend by Mary Alicia OwenEntry/Object ID
AM1987.28.1Scope and Content
Poem Titled The Reason Written by Mary Alica Owen
This poem is about what this person is like, but no matter his faults, he is a friend. Date unknown.Context
THE REASON
He may be six kinds of a liar,
He may be ten kinds of a fool,
He may be a wicked high-flyer
Beyond any reason or rule;
There may be a shadow above him
Of ruin and woes that impend,
And I may not respect, but I love him,
Because--well, because he's my friend.
I know he has faults by the million,
But his faults are a portion of him;
I know that his record's vermillion,
He's not like the sweet seraphim,
But he's always been square with Your Truly,
All ready to give or to lend,
And though he is wild and unruly,
I love him--because he's my friend.
I knock him, I know, but I do it
The same to his face as away,
And if other folks knock-well, they rue it,
And wish they'd had nothing to say:
I never make diagrams of him,
No maps of his soul have I penned,
For I don't analyze--I just love him,
Because--well, because he's my friend.Lexicon
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Archival History: 1- Poem, laminated 5 x 6 7/8"