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To a squirrel at Kyle‑na‑no

Language: English

Come play with me;
Why should you run
Through the shaking tree
As though I'd a gun
To strike you dead?
When all I would do
Is to scratch your head
And let you go.


First published in New Statesman, September 1917

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Date added to the website: 2009-01-20.

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