There may perhaps be something to be said for black sheep!
Full many a man has had a son he could not seem to keep
In stale respectability at any kind of work
And so the boy is painted black and branded as a shirk.
But what is one man’s poison is another man’s meat;
What tastes to one tongue sour, to another tongue tastes sweet.
I do not doubt that Mary sat of evenings with a frown
And wondered why young Jesus ran about from town to town;
Why he ran about a-preaching and a-setting folks on fire.
What one man thinks is useless is another man’s desire.
What one man casts away as dross another man may keep…
There may perhaps be something to be said for black sheep.
(Edith Mirick)
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