This is the phrase they love to say: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />You can hear it wherever you chance to stray: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />The wife of the toiler, the queen of the king, <br />The bride with the shiny new wedding-ring <br />And the grandmothers, too, at our sex will fling, <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Cranky and peevish at times we grow: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Now and then boastful of what we know: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Whatever our failings from day to day— <br />Stingy, or giving our goods away— <br />With a toss of her head, she is sure to say, <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Unannounced strangers we bring to tea: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Heedless of every propriety: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Grumbling at money she spends for spats <br />And filmy dresses and gloves and hats, <br />Yet wanting her stylishly garbed, and that's <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Wanting attention from year to year: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Seemingly helpless when she's not near: <br />'Just like a man!' <br />Troublesome often, and quick to demur, <br />Still remaining the boys we were, <br />Yet soothed and blest by the love of her: <br />'Just like a man!'<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-like-a-man-3/
