{"id":7226,"date":"2021-06-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7226"},"modified":"2021-06-22T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T05:00:00","slug":"my-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/my-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"My Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83045433\/1913-06-22\/ed-1\/seq-22\/\"><em>The Washington Herald, June 22, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n \n\n I am the best pal I ever had\n &nbsp; &nbsp; I like to be with me.\n I like to sit and tell myself\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Things confidentially.\n \n I often sit and ask me\n &nbsp; &nbsp; If I shouldn\u2019t or I should,\n And I find that my advice to me\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Is always pretty good.\n \n I never got acquainted with\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Myself till here of late,\n And I find myself a bully chum\n &nbsp; &nbsp; I treat me simply great.\n \n I talk with me and walk with me\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And show me right and wrong.\n I never knew how well myself\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And me could get along.\n \n I never try to cheat me\n &nbsp; &nbsp; I\u2019m as truthful as can be.\n No matter what may come and go\n &nbsp; &nbsp; I\u2019m on the square with me.\n \n It\u2019s great to know yourself and have\n &nbsp; &nbsp; A pal that\u2019s all your own,\n To be such company for yourself\n &nbsp; &nbsp; You\u2019re never left alone.\n \n You\u2019ll try to dodge the masses\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And you\u2019ll find a crowd\u2019s a joke,\n If you only treat yourself as well\n &nbsp; &nbsp; As you treat other folk.\n \n I\u2019ve made a study of myself\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Compared me with a lot,\n And I\u2019ve finally concluded\n &nbsp; &nbsp; I\u2019m the best friend I\u2019ve got.\n \n Just get together with yourself\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And trust yourself with you.\n You\u2019ll be surprised how well yourself\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Will like you if you do.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> I am the best pal I ever had<br \/>\n     I like to be with me.<br \/>\n I like to sit and tell myself<br \/>\n     Things confidentially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-washington-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}