Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRE-TOWNMEETING TALK IN VERMONT, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poet's Biography First Line: About a week before town meeting Last Line: "will make our wallets mighty sick." Subject(s): Public Service; Towns; Vermont | ||||||||
About a week before town meeting You have a call from Deacon Plumb, Who hands you out a gracious greeting, Though usually he's pretty glum; Says he, "I've called to get your feeling About that culvert down by Blair's And ask if you consider Kealing The man to run our road affairs? "You know he stands right in with Tenney, He's up for listerhim and Drew They'll tax us till we hain't a penny, And this is real estate year, too; We folks that live out here in Scrabble Have got to kinder stick and hold, Or else, By Gosh! that village rabble Will build the roads of solid gold. "It's fourteen year sense I was lister I ain't a-looking for it now But Tenney's jest a railroad twister, And Drew, he isn't wuth his cow; If we'll wake up I have an inkling That now's the time to land our man; We'll get a pretty decent sprinkling Of village votes from Jim McAnn. "There ain't no very healthy reason, Because he buys the railroad wood, Why such a weathercock as Gleason Should oversee the poor for good; He's got a long St. Albans letter He's showing 'round, with lots of airs, That calls him straight, but we know better, He's crooked as the chamber stairs. "Jake Sykes has writ a short petition For me to make the lister run, And here's my namesgood ammunition But shot and powder needs a gun; You pop my name before the meeting, If that's your pleasure, neighbor Munn, We'll give that village gang a beating, Or else, I Snum, it can't be done. "I ain't a-asking any favors, I never did and never do, But we ain't little bits of shavers To be bossed 'round by dummy Drew; We folks that live out here in Scrabble Have got to kinder hold and stick, Or else that village railroad rabble Will make our wallets mighty sick." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ORATION: HALF-MOON IN VERMONT by NORMAN DUBIE THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S ANNUAL by NORMAN DUBIE THE CROWS AT 3 A.M. by STANLEY PLUMLY ALBANY BUS STATION by RUTH STONE FALL COMES IN BACK-COUNTRY VERMONT by ROBERT PENN WARREN A SNOW-STORM; SCENE IN A VERMONT WINTER by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |
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