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A comic sketch parody based on the poem by Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky
(it's just a joke ^^)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
What Is Good And What Is Bad
(1925)
Tiny toddler told his Dad:
“I am puzzled so!
What is good and what is bad?
Answer is you know!”
Secrets I will always shun—
Nothing could be worse!
All that Papa told his son
I have put in verse.
If the wind tears down the roofs,
If the heavens spout,
That is bad — why, even goofs
Will not venture out.
Sun has conquered rain and cold,
Sun shines over all—
That is good for young and old,
Good for big and small.
If the boy is black as pitch,
If his face has dirt on,
Then his skin is bound to itch—
And that is bad for certain.
If the boy likes soap and water,
Toothpaste, brush and comb,
Then he’s very good and ought to
Be a pet at home
Some boys bully, bite and hit
Boys but half their size.
Boys like this I can’t permit
Verse to advertise..
Other boys will never strike
Smaller boys. That’s good!
Boys like this we’re bound to like—
That is understood.
If the boy destroys and tears
Picture books and toys,
Each October-child declares:
“What a bad, bad boy!”
If his eyes to books are glued,
If he’s never shirking,
Then the boy is very good,
For he’s fond of working.
This boy met a crow and scampered
In a dreadful funk.
Coward! He is sorely hampered
Through his lack of spunk.
Others would not be afraid to
Tackle birds of prey.
Good! Such spunk’s a mighty aid to
Boys on life’s long way.
Some boys’ shirts are black as ovens,
Yet the boys seem glad.
People call them dirty slovens.
Don’t you think that’s bad?
This boy’s shoes are always shiny
Just as shoes should be.
Though the boy is very tiny,
He is good, you see.
All must grow from small to big—
Nothing ought to balk us.
Boys are bound to grow up pigs
If the boys are porkers.
Tiny toddler understood,
Tiny told his dad:
“I will always do what’s good,
Never what is bad.”
Translated by Paddy Breslin
(it's just a joke ^^)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
What Is Good And What Is Bad
(1925)
Tiny toddler told his Dad:
“I am puzzled so!
What is good and what is bad?
Answer is you know!”
Secrets I will always shun—
Nothing could be worse!
All that Papa told his son
I have put in verse.
If the wind tears down the roofs,
If the heavens spout,
That is bad — why, even goofs
Will not venture out.
Sun has conquered rain and cold,
Sun shines over all—
That is good for young and old,
Good for big and small.
If the boy is black as pitch,
If his face has dirt on,
Then his skin is bound to itch—
And that is bad for certain.
If the boy likes soap and water,
Toothpaste, brush and comb,
Then he’s very good and ought to
Be a pet at home
Some boys bully, bite and hit
Boys but half their size.
Boys like this I can’t permit
Verse to advertise..
Other boys will never strike
Smaller boys. That’s good!
Boys like this we’re bound to like—
That is understood.
If the boy destroys and tears
Picture books and toys,
Each October-child declares:
“What a bad, bad boy!”
If his eyes to books are glued,
If he’s never shirking,
Then the boy is very good,
For he’s fond of working.
This boy met a crow and scampered
In a dreadful funk.
Coward! He is sorely hampered
Through his lack of spunk.
Others would not be afraid to
Tackle birds of prey.
Good! Such spunk’s a mighty aid to
Boys on life’s long way.
Some boys’ shirts are black as ovens,
Yet the boys seem glad.
People call them dirty slovens.
Don’t you think that’s bad?
This boy’s shoes are always shiny
Just as shoes should be.
Though the boy is very tiny,
He is good, you see.
All must grow from small to big—
Nothing ought to balk us.
Boys are bound to grow up pigs
If the boys are porkers.
Tiny toddler understood,
Tiny told his dad:
“I will always do what’s good,
Never what is bad.”
Translated by Paddy Breslin
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