History & Politics
The rat is the concisest tenant
History & Politics
The rat is the concisest tenant.
He pays no rent, --
Repudiates the obligation,
On schemes intent.
Balking our wit
To sound or circumvent,
Hate cannot harm
A foe so reticent.
Neither decree
Prohibits him,
Lawful as
Equilibrium.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The rat is the concisest tenant.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/222/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The rat is the concisest tenant.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/222/.
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