Saturday, June 20, 2015

The Wheelwoman



It was a soft and stilly night,
     No moon was overhead;
We’d passed the gay electric light,
     And unto her I said:
“Amelia, dear, I fain would kiss –”
     She gave a little cough;
“But if I drop my handle bars,
     Alas! I will fall off.”
And then this girl, a leader born,
     A gem from Nature’s fount;
Brought to a halt her silent steed,
     And quickly cried, “Dismount!”




June 20, ‘97

Camb. Press,
Oct. 9, ‘97 

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