"What is life?" we ask. "Just one darned thing after another," the cynic replies. Yes, a multiplicity of forces and interests, and each of them, even the disagreeable, may be of real help to us. It's good for a dog, says a shrewd philosopher, to be pestered with fleas; it keeps him from thinking too much about being a dog.
Griffith Alexander was involved with the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger during the 1920s. His poem "Life" first appeared in this publication. Information on him is difficult to find.
"Life" was also featured in the book It Can Be Done by Joseph Morris.