Before And After

He fell to thinking deeply

     As he pedaled down the road.

The post it could not dodge him,

     And he was untimely throwed.

Too deeply was he thinking

     As he pedaled down the road.

He was in sorest spirits –

     For the broken wheel he owed;

So he passed among the houses

     With a goodly notion load.

And he fell to thinking deeply

     As he peddled down the road.

Sept. 12, ‘97

Camb. Press,

Dec. 11, ‘97