Nature
What the Rattlesnake Said
From The Congo and Other Poems (1914)
Nature
The moon's a little prairie-dog.
He shivers through the night.
He sits upon his hill and cries
For fear that I will bite.
The sun's a broncho. He's afraid
Like every other thing,
And trembles, morning, noon and night,
Lest I should spring, and sting.
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MLA
Lindsay, Vachel. “What the Rattlesnake Said.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/110/.
Chicago
Lindsay, Vachel. “What the Rattlesnake Said.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/110/.
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