Poem by Arthur Guiterman

The Chip on the Shoulder

LEARN this now before you are older:
Don’t go through life with a chip on your shoulder,
Always aggrieved and ever offended,
Fancying wrongs that are not intended.
Let not a sense of humor desert you,
Take it that nobody means to hurt you,
Find no insult in idle chatter,
Pass it over; it doesn’t matter.
Look for the best in everybody,
Value the wool, forget the shoddy;
Get in the habit of liking people.
Love is the spire on every steeple. 

1. Rags and Robes
2. Sex
3. Going to Dover
4. In the Hospital
5. The Phlebotomous Flea

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