a·gley
[uh-glee, uh-gley, uh-glahy] Show IPA
Big Lennie loved the
mouse a wee
Bit hard.
He begged for rabbits, too.
But
George--he knew that she--
Whom
the big child crushed (though nameless She may be)--
Foreshadowed
all their schemes--agley…
The
rabbits in the sky he watched…
The
rabbits in the sky:
He
had no prospects more to fear
And
no more stakes unmade.
Mice
and men are fragile beasts,
And
so’s a woman without a name.
6
April 2012
For all the English teachers out there: Choose those novels well! --DL
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