Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A MERRY HEART: A SONG FOR APRIL FIRST, by THELMA LUCILE LULL


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A MERRY HEART: A SONG FOR APRIL FIRST, by                    
First Line: With imagined hoofs I spurn the earth
Last Line: For spring is in my spine, o!
Subject(s): April Fool's Day; Comedy; Mermaids & Mermen; Spring; All Fools' Day


With imagined hoofs I spurn the earth,
(For actual hoofs I've lacked from birth)
And kick up the soil for all I'm worth,
For spring is in my spine, O!

I raise the fins of a psychic state,
(For inheriting fins I was born too late)
And fan the hair on my mermaid's pate,
For spring is in my spine, O!

I ruffle the feathers that grow in my brain,
(Exterior feathers I cannot attain)
And tickle a nose when I should refrain,
For spring is in my spine, O!

I kink the tail within my mind,
(For a tail of my own I cannot find)
And gambol gay where conventions bind,
For spring is in my spine, O!

With mental horns I scratch my back,
(For physical horns I sadly lack)
And butt a hole in the beaten track,
For spring is in my spine, O!

I buds within my head beget,
(A thing no mortal has ever done yet)
And bloom on the grave of etiquette,
For spring is in my spine, O!





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