<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508481" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Consolation</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Nay; I don't need a hearing aid'<br> I told Mama-in-law;<br>'For if I had I'd be afraid<br> Of your eternal jaw;<br>Although at me you often shout,<br> I'm undisturbed;<br>To tell the truth I can't make out<br> A single word.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And it's the same with others who<br> Attempt to gab at me;<br>I listen to their point of view<br> And solemnly agree.<br>To story stale and silly joke<br> Stone deaf's my ear;<br>Each day a dozen stupid folk<br> I fail to hear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So silence that should be my grief<br> Is my escape and shield;<br>From spiteful speech and base relief<br> My aural sense is sealed.<br>And in my cosy cot of peace<br> I close the door.<br>Praising the gods for rich relief<br> From fool and bore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</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=508481" data-title="My Consolation de Robert William Service" data-description="'Nay; I don't need a hearing aid' I told Mama-in-law; 'For if I had I'd be afraid Of your eternal jaw; Although at me you often shout, I'm undisturbed; To tell the truth I can't make out A single word.' And it's the same with others who Att..."></div> </div> </div>

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