We meet ev'ry week to make surgical dressings —
And one woman does it dead wrong;
I watched her a day — then I just had to say,
“My dear! If I may — that's too long!”
While I was explaining the teacher came by —
She's so cross that her mouth's just a line —
And found fault with me and my work....
After that
I'll mind no one's business but mine!
To-day I was filling my neighbor's slow mind
With War-Garden ideas and lore,
When a dog I do n't know just ruined mine — so
I'll not advise her any more!
Then a talk that I gave to the Home Service Group
On “Waste” was quite spoiled — though‘ twas fine —
By my bread burning up while I talked....
After this
I'll mind no one's business but mine!
At a lecture on “Hospital Units at Work”
A woman ( who looked fifty-three )
Ere the talk had begun started crying....
Her son
Has gone, she confided to me.
“But you should be brave and‘ buck up’,” I remarked.
“And yours?” she asked.... How did she divine
That I am not married?... Oh, well, after this
I'll mind no one's business — b-but mine!