I AIN' no trifler, no ma'am! Mebbe I seems to be, But if you thinks I'm lazy, Why, ma'am, you don' know @3me!@1— I'm studyin'! Jes' settin' still an' noddin', I seems to be to you, But I ain" sleep—I'm thinkin' 'Bout what I's got to do— I'm studyin'! Winders ain' washed, I knows it, Po'ch ain' been swep' off yet— I's plannin' how to do 'em— Dat's why I set an' set, Jes' studyin'! I got to feed de chickens, I got to cut de grass— No, ma'am, I ain' forgot 'em, I'm comin' to 'em fas'— I'm studyin'! 'Tain' good to be @3too@1 hasty, But I don' never shirk; I'm settin' wid my eyes shet, A-plannin' out my work— I'm studyin'! I ain' no trifler, no ma'am, Whenever you sees me A-sittin' still—@3I'm thinkin' What my nex' move'll be!@1 I'm studyin'! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOOKS AND EYES by KAREN SWENSON ON A CARRIER WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON YOUR HANDS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE CARILLON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW GLOUCESTER MOORS by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY |