Living
Riddle 65
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
First sign of Liberty! My first has stood
For half a hundred years, and still is good
For half a hundred more. My last, though thin,
Though old and bent, yet lithe and strong, has been
Strung up for killing U. S. Army men,
Perhaps deprived them of my whole; and when
My whole is lacking, he would be a goose
Who said most stovepipes are of any use.
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Codex Note
Answer: ELBOW
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 65.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/182/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 65.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/182/.
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