Little arms ripped out of their sockets, belly devoured down to the backbone while Honey was at work. How could a dog named Eddie do such a thing? Sheriff said it was her fault for not feeding the animal. Is there such a thing as food for thought? "Had no business leaving them kids alone nohow." Honey Dripper, Honey Dripper (whose legal name was Eartha Romance) had three children -- Mona Lisa Romance Paul Romance Molly Romance -- all born under morning stars and out of wedlock, and each to a different silent or lost father. One's dead and the other two they say are out there in the State's hands. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA by ROBERT BROWNING THE LEAK IN THE DIKE; A STORY OF HOLLAND by PHOEBE CARY A NORTHERN SUBURB by JOHN DAVIDSON CHRISTMAS CAROL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HYMN: FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY: 2 by REGINALD HEBER TO HIS DYING BROTHER, MASTER WILLIAM HERRICK by ROBERT HERRICK ON SEEING THE ELGIN MARBLES by JOHN KEATS THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 31. HER GIFTS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE HERO OF VIMY; AN INCIDENT OF THE GREAT WAR by BRENT DOW ALLINSON |