Sunday, November 8, 2015

A Frost



“The frost is on the pumpkin,”
     An’ the punkin’s on the vine;
The vine is on the wither,
     An' thet’s a winter sign.
The chill is in the city,
     An' the poem’s on the vine;
But I hope the “frost” won’t settle
     On this little verse of mine.



Nov. 8, ‘97
C. Press,
Dec. 24, ‘98



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