Living

Riddle 89

by Carolyn Wells 1862–1942

From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)

Living

My last was very tall and very slim
So all his people made a mock of him;
Their jeerings worried him and grieved his soul;
And when a clown with jest and laughter passed,
And said, “Aha! you are my first, my last!”
He said, “Don’t speak to me; I am my whole.”

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Answer: THINKING

MLA

Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 89.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/206/.

Chicago

Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 89.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/206/.

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