A
Sequence of Tetractys
Lo,
spirit,
why do you
knock so loudly
on my window before the sun is up?
Oh! ye' be the funny green leprechaun
celebratin'
Paddy's Day
before
dawn.
Off,
varmi't—
I'll shoot 'ye
in your cocked-hat
ye' red coated critter come to do harm!
I be needin' me sleep, I do, old sport—
so leave me dream
yet awhile—
I'm tired,
see!
I'll
meet ye'
in an hour
at rainbow's end—
later we'll share a bit of your old gold.
And with that I sat up in my warm bed
wishin' I'd said
more kind words
to this
sprite.
