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The Red Well-Read Reader

Story 204

Not Blithesome
The sharecropper works the fields with scythe
The hard work keep his body very lithe
Though of the profit he keeps but a tithe
Thus the songs that he sings are not so blithe
For deep inside his spirit does writhe

Story 205

How Success Arrives
It is not enough to be alive. We must strive to op•ti•mal•ly
thrive. We must have the drive to work past five, as busy
bees in a hive. Then, and only then, shall success arrive.

Story 206
Unwise
It’s unwise to arise much after sunrise
It’s unwise to make buys of Levi’s of the wrong size
It’s unwise to devise lies to win any prize
And it’s unwiseto harshly criticize
Knowing that later you’re likely to apologize

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