Just Like Us Poem by Francie Lynch

Tolstoy was a boy,
Ibsen was Henrik's son
Hardy had a father,
And see how well they've done.

Byron was a grandson,
And Wordsworth had a wet nurse,
Thoreau had a 2 to go,
Shakespeare a bad marriage,
Austen was a loner,
Poor Sylvia was a goner,
And see how well they've done.

Joyce had a dirty mind,
Fitzgerald liked to drink,
Richler liked to smoke,
And Wolfe enjoyed a toke,
And see how well they've done