Wednesday, October 21, 2015

To the Stay-at-Homes



The skies are full of leaden gray,
The fishing lines are put away;
The poles are stored in the shed,
The fall has come, an’ summer’s dead.

The hunter bangs out in the woods,
An’ echoes wake the solitudes;
The ducks they want a chance to light,
But do not dare to till comes the night.

The partridge drums out his alarm,
And tries to hide his head from harm;
The wily farmer does the same
For fear he’ll be mistook for game.

An’ while these things are in the air
The only safe place, I declare,
Is in the city’s bang and throb,
A-tending to your daily job.



Oct. 21, ‘09




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