Negative Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

I am Housman-like, prepared for the worst,
Always talk that it may fail,
May not happen, may go wrong,
Get lost, get stolen, wasted etc.

My wife gets very fed up with it
That once I start
Her facial expression mars her beauty
And I stop midway because
I know she is right.

The best part of it is
That I really don’t think
Bad things will happen.
But I want persons close to me
To be not disappointed:
I do myself the best I can.

Shropshire lad was right,
Wise men should prepare for ill.