THE BOSS'S CHOICE

By Ambrose Bierce

Listen to his wild romances:

He advances foolish fancies,

Each expounded as his “view” —

Gu.

In his brain's opacous clot, ah

He has got a maggot! What a

Man with “views” to overwhelm us!—

Gulielmus.

Hear his demagogic clamor —

Hear him stammer in his grammar!

Teaching, he will learn to spell —

Gulielmus L.

Slave who paid the price demanded —

With two-handed iron branded

By the boss — pray cease to dose us,

Gulielmus L. Jocosus.