Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PLEA FOR FICKLENESS, by HARLAN J. LEACH


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PLEA FOR FICKLENESS, by                    
First Line: Chatter and chirrup all you're able
Last Line: Or linger a time beneath my rug.


Chatter and chirrup all you're able,
Flood this lonely field with song.
Pay no heed to the Frenchman's fable --
Ants will remain where they belong:

Ants will toil their year-long grind;
Theirs is a dullard's compensation.
Yours is an art that frees the mind,
Lulls the senses to sublimation.

Chatter and chirrup -- grief comes after.
"Be merry," then the final shrug.
But welcome! first, to my stove-warm rafter,
Or linger a time beneath my rug.





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