Set In Her Way

Sweet Mary Jane sat fourteen days and would not deign to rise,

Although her folks tried everything to make her realize

That it was quite unladylike to it all day and night,

And never change her attitude or rouse her appetite.

The coaxed and teased and threatened her and still she would not stand,

And when they tried to raise her up she bit them on the hand.

They did not want to do her harm or call in the police,

And yet they sorrowed at the thought of Mary Jane’s decease.

But Mary Jane knew what was best, she wiser was than men;

She sat until she’d had her set, for Mary was a hen.

  

c. April 12, ‘09