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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW TENANT, by BERYL V. THOMPSON
First Line: She led me to the second floor
Last Line: She'd rented me a tree!
Subject(s): Rooms
First Line: She led me to the second floor
Last Line: She'd rented me a tree!
Subject(s): Rooms
She led me to the second floor,
The room was dull and bare,
The light came dimly from without,
Gray dust was everywhere.
I felt an ill-concealed disgust,
But since my purse was thin,
And there was little choice I turned
Once more and looked within.
And crossing to the window-ledge
Peered through the murky pane
To where a slim white birch-tree
Stood singing in the rain.
With eager haste I wheeled and thrust
In her thick hand the fee;
She clumped away, and never guessed
She'd rented me a tree!
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