Explore "Dave's Imperturbability" by Ring Lardner on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
When Davey, my kid, takes a tumble / And gets an abrasion or two, / If you dare sympathize, he coolly replies: / "It's what I was trying to do"
When he smashes a toy he was fond of / Or bursts a balloon that's brand new, / He'll throw it away and brazenly say: / "It's what I was trying to do."
That's Dave's philosophical system, / And I think I will follow it, too; / When I foozle and err, I will boldly aver / It's what I was trying to do / So, ye who don't like these two pages, / Don't think I'll be angry with you / If ye say to me, "Fool, you have written plain drool" --
That's what I was trying to do.