Living
Wistfulness
From Children of Our Town
Living
Baby and Sis and me
Stand by the fence and see
Picnickers munch
Lots o' good lunch,
Jes' givin' nothin' to we.
Baby and Sis and me,
Hungry as we can be,
Haven't no right
To be 'spectin' a bite,--
But we're glad lookin' is free.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Wistfulness.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/101/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Wistfulness.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/101/.
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