Monday, March 2, 2015

Hot and Cold



He left Seattle April first,
     Warm in his Klondike suit,
At Skagway he grew warmer still,
     Beholding Yukon “fruit”.


Dyea, his fingers fairly burned,
     His heart was warm to boot;
But ere, alas, he’d crossed the Pass
     He was a chilicoot!


March 2, ‘98

Little Joker for June, ‘98 

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