<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373820" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ida Chicken</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">After I had attended lectures<br>At our Chautauqua, and studied French<br>For twenty years, committing the grammar<br>Almost by heart,<br>I thought I'd take a trip to Paris<br>To give my culture a final polish.<br>So I went to Peoria for a passport --<br>(Thomas Rhodes was on the train that morning.)<br>And there the clerk of the district Court<br>Made me swear to support and defend<br>The constitution -- yes, even me --<br>Who couldn't defend or support it at all!<br>And what do you think? That very morning<br>The Federal Judge, in the very next room<br>To the room where I took the oath,<br>Decided the constitution<br>Exempted Rhodes from paying taxes<br>For the water works of Spoon River!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edgar+Lee+Masters">Edgar Lee Masters</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373820" data-title="Ida Chicken de Edgar Lee Masters" data-description="After I had attended lectures At our Chautauqua, and studied French For twenty years, committing the grammar Almost by heart, I thought I'd take a trip to Paris To give my culture a final polish. So I went to Peoria for a passport -- (Thomas Rhode..."></div> </div> </div>

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