Salutation

O generation of the thoroughly smug

  and thoroughly uncomfortable,

I have seen fishermen picnicking in the sun,

I have seen them with untidy families,

I have seen their smiles full of teeth

  and heard ungainly laughter.

And I am happier than you are,

And they were happier than I am;

And the fish swim in the lake

  and do not even own clothing.

                                                                                       Ezra Pound