(Who hitches laundering articles to the curtain <br />string and pastes them on the pane.) <br /> <br /> <br />Lady, thou that livest <br /> Just across the way, <br />If a hang thou givest <br /> What the people say, <br />If a cuss thou carest <br /> What a poet thinks- <br />Hearken, if thou darest, <br /> Most immodest minx! <br /> <br />Though thy gloves thou tiest, <br /> To the curtain string, <br />Though the things thou driest <br /> Gird me while I sing, <br />Hankies and inventions <br /> Of the lacy tribe- <br />Things I may not mention, <br /> Let alone describe. <br /> <br />These I mutely stand for <br /> Though the sight offend, <br />THIS I reprimand for; <br /> Take it from a friend: <br /> <br />Cease to pin thy tresses <br /> To the window sill, <br />Or I'll tell the presses- <br /> Honestly, I will.<br /><br />Franklin P. Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-light-houskeeper/
