A curmudgeon is Henry, a nasty old coot.
About other people he 'don't' give a hoot.
He is mean and contrary, he wants his own way.
He'll contradict evr'ything others will say.




If you thought it was wrong, he would say it was right.
If you said it was day, he'd insist it was night.
They all labeled Henry, who'd likely object
to any proposal, "a pain in the neck"..




When there was a need for a prominent face
on a library window they had to replace,
not inclined to be modest, ole Henry was vain.
He insisted his image be etched on the pane.




He coveted fame; all his lifetime he'd fought
to be in the limelight. That's all Henry sought.
In addition to pain in the neck, here at last
He's recognized now as a 'pane in the glass'.