An Odd Proposal

                                                     By “Jay Archer Thorne”

“And what is love,” I asked of her,

     “Why don’t you know,” said she;

“It’s what I give unseen to you,

     And you give unto me.”

“But I don’t like these unseen things,”

     Said I reproachfully;

“That is, unless I have as well,

     The things which I can see.”

“The things you see, pray what are they?”

     In gentle tones asked she;

“The things I see? Well, now they are, –

     Why you, you chickadee.”

June 23, ‘92

  Pub. in

Conn. Valley Ad.