You Tell on Yourself

by  Marie Losavio

You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,
By the manner in which you speak
By the way you employ your leisure time
By the way you make use of your dollar and dime.
You tell what you are by the clothes you wear
By the spirit in which your burdens you bear
By the kinds of things at which you laugh
By the records you play on your phonograph
You show what you are by the way you walk
By the subjects of which you like to talk
By the manner in which you bear defeat
By the foods you choose and the way you eat
By the books you select from the library shelf.
In these ways and others you tell on yourself
So there is not a bit of common sense
In trying to keep up a false pretense

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