The Apple-Thief
Posted by Reed on January 11th, 2008(Photo courtesy of Ramson)
At dawn of day the apple-thief
Comes dancing in her leitmotif,
Slotting each foot in a previous slot
Made yesterday in the orchard plot,
Returns again to where left off she -
The leafless, branch-bent apple-tree -
And among the windfalls idly browses
Safe from guns so near the houses.
So dainty-legged, her sister-beast,
Reducing apples was reduced to feast,
And seeing […]
