Living

Burs

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Dear me!
What shall it be?
Such sticky affairs
Did ever you see?
Let's make a basket,
Let's make a mat,
Let's make a tea-board,
Let's make a hat;
Let's make a cottage,
Windows and doors;
You do the roof,
And I'll do the floors.
Let's make a pancake,--
Stick 'em together;
See how they fasten
Close to each other!
Tied to one's heel
They would answer for spurs;
Ah, how we love 'em,
These comical burs!

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Burs.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/27/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Burs.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/27/.

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