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Rattlesnake---Part 2
They were hiking thru that dancing desert,
Fingers clasped together with gentle hands,
When they came, in the midst of chatting,
Upon this rickety sign, and the boy thought
What a clever, curious way to ask for alms.
The girl he was with was much too hesitant,
So the adventure-seeking boy laid it to rest
Until the first hint of sun the following morn,
When he went to the store and bought it,
The banana he would bring to this mystery
I love the density of
I love the density of allusion in this poem. That final line sends me right back to Vergil, The Aeneid, VI, the golden bough---and all it represents in that epic poem.
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