1 Nothing to do but work, <br />2 Nothing to eat but food, <br />3 Nothing to wear but clothes <br />4 To keep one from going nude. <br /> <br />5 Nothing to breathe but air <br />6 Quick as a flash 't is gone; <br />7 Nowhere to fall but off, <br />8 Nowhere to stand but on. <br /> <br />9 Nothing to comb but hair, <br />10 Nowhere to sleep but in bed, <br />11 Nothing to weep but tears, <br />12 Nothing to bury but dead. <br /> <br />13 Nothing to sing but songs, <br />14 Ah, well, alas! alack! <br />15 Nowhere to go but out, <br />16 Nowhere to come but back. <br /> <br />17 Nothing to see but sights, <br />18 Nothing to quench but thirst, <br />19 Nothing to have but what we've got; <br />20 Thus thro' life we are cursed. <br /> <br />21 Nothing to strike but a gait; <br />22 Everything moves that goes. <br />23 Nothing at all but common sense <br />24 Can ever withstand these woes.<br /><br />Benjamin Franklin King<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-pessimist/