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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAIT, by MILDRED D. SHACKLETT
First Line: Two old men, invariably together
Last Line: Disowning that they wait!
Subject(s): Old Age; Wood Carving; Whittling
First Line: Two old men, invariably together
Last Line: Disowning that they wait!
Subject(s): Old Age; Wood Carving; Whittling
Two old men, invariably together
As the silo and the barn,
Smoke and laugh and resurrect
Some long-bearded yarn!
Two old men by a fat-bellied heater,
Their hours eight to eight,
Whittle, nod, and whittle more,
Disowning that they wait!
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