{"id":1084,"date":"2023-06-20T04:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strivingnigerianmom.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2023-06-20T04:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:57:41","slug":"do-you-have-a-mr-nobody-in-your-home-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/2023\/06\/do-you-have-a-mr-nobody-in-your-home-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have A Mr Nobody In Your Home Too?"},"content":{"rendered":"
I heard my son read out this poem below over the weekend, and I found it quite interesting, you know. All the more interesting is the fact that this certain ‘Mr Nobody’<\/strong> poem was written by An Anonymous Writer<\/strong> – well by Mr Nobody himself! Wow!I don’t know if you have that certain Mr Nobody in your home too? The one who always seems to be guilty of all the ‘crimes’ around the house?<\/p>\n

Well, Mr Nobody lives right in my home… Enjoy the Poem!<\/p>\n

\"it<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
Mr Nobody<\/strong><\/div>\n
I know a funny little man,<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As quiet as a mouse,<\/div>\n
Who does the mischief that is done<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In everybody\u2019s house!<\/div>\n
There\u2019s no one ever sees his face,<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And yet we all agree<\/div>\n
That every plate we break was cracked<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By Mr. Nobody.<\/div>\n
\u2019Tis he who always tears out books,<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who leaves the door ajar,<\/div>\n
He pulls the buttons from our shirts,<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And scatters pins afar;<\/div>\n
That squeaking door will always squeak,<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For prithee, don\u2019t you see,<\/div>\n
We leave the oiling to be done<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By Mr. Nobody.<\/div>\n
\"mom<\/a>He puts damp wood upon the fire<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0That kettles cannot boil;<\/div>\n
His are the feet that bring in mud,<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0And all the carpets soil.<\/div>\n
The papers always are mislaid;<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Who had them last, but he?<\/div>\n
There\u2019s no one tosses them about<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0But Mr. Nobody.<\/div>\n
The finger marks upon the door<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By none of us are made;<\/div>\n
We never leave the blinds unclosed,<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To let the curtains fade.<\/div>\n
The ink we never spill;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the boots<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That lying round you see<\/div>\n
Are not our boots,\u2014they all belong<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Mr. Nobody.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Source: The Golden Book of Poetry<\/em> (1947)<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Oluseye Ashiru<\/p>\n

This post was first published on www.strivingnigerianmom.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I heard my son read out this poem below over the weekend, and I found it quite interesting, you know. All the more interesting is the fact that this certain ‘Mr Nobody’ poem was written by An Anonymous Writer – well by Mr Nobody himself! Wow!I don’t know if you have that certain Mr Nobody […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[514,515,516],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motherhood","tag-joke","tag-mr-nobody","tag-poem"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiesarising.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}