Tamperer with the cream,
Idler, lounger, sloven, slouch
Despot of the steam--

Thou who bangest garbage cans
In the hollow court,
Thou whose children spin tin pans
Deeming it is sport--

Tyrant of the tenement,
Take thy card and flee!
Not a nickel, not a cent
Dost thou get from me.


III

TO THE WAITER


O waiter, will you tell me why
You think to get at Christmas time
A five-case note, for do not I
Slip you each day a dime?

When as I crave Prime Ribs au Jus [Footnote: Well, how do you pronounce it,
then?]
And beg that you will bring them rare,
They are well done. I fume and fuss
And yet you do not care.