Mr Mascellani's Musings

"He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last" refers to the great satisfaction that you

feel after finally prevailing over a person who, heretofore, has been ridiculing

you. Or, conversely, the embarrassment you feel when it is you who has been

the ridiculer.

It is the moral of Aesop's fable,
The Heifer and the Ox

I suppose that I should relate this proverb to my own life and then, by

extension, to life in general; finally, making some poignant point that

will touch your heart, open, your mind, and stroke the very essence of

your soul.



But, alas, I can't think of anything. So, I'll leave you with the Wilfred Owen

poem that follows.



The Last Laugh--- Wilfred Owen

'O Jesus Christ! I'm hit,' he said; and died.
Whether he vainly cursed, or prayed indeed,
The Bullets chirped - 'In vain! vain! vain!'
Machine-guns chuckled, 'Tut-tut! Tut-tut!'
And the Big Gun guffawed.

Another sighed, - 'O Mother, Mother! Dad!'
Then smiled, at nothing, childlike, being dead.
And the lofty Shrapnel-cloud
Leisurely gestured, - 'Fool!'
And the falling splinters tittered.

'My Love!' one moaned. Love-languid seemed his mood,
Till, slowly lowered, his whole face kissed the mud.
And the Bayonets' long teeth grinned;
Rabbles of Shells hooted and groaned;
And the Gas hissed.


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