Bright In The Corner

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Bright In The Corner</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> <I><B>I've just finished cleaning my car.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>It twinkles as bright as a star.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And now, when I go</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>On the highway, I know</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'll get it bespattered with tar.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I've used all my muscular powers,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I've scrubbed and I've polished for hours</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But that'll be spoiled;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>--If the road isn't oiled</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'll run into dust-storms or showers.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Or else--it's my usual luck--</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'll doubtless be ditched by a truck</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And the shine of my paint</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Will be something that ain't,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>As it lies under inches of muck.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I'll park by the curb or the walk</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>While having a drink or a talk</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And soe fresh little pup</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Will mark everything up</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>With soap and with crayon and chalk.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>And when I put up for the night</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I know, in the morning, my sight</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Will show more than hints</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Of the greased finger-prints</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>In which all garagemen delight.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I've polished my car till its hue</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Is brilliant and sparkling and new,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But I know in one day</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>It'll look just the way</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>That unwashed, neglected ones do!</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I><A HREF="woman_s_world.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Womans World"><U><I>Woman's World Magazine</I></U></A><I> - March 1936</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>