Little arms ripped out of their sockets, belly devoured down to the backbone while Honey was at work. How could a dog named Eddie do such a thing? Sheriff said it was her fault for not feeding the animal. Is there such a thing as food for thought? "Had no business leaving them kids alone nohow." Honey Dripper, Honey Dripper (whose legal name was Eartha Romance) had three children -- Mona Lisa Romance Paul Romance Molly Romance -- all born under morning stars and out of wedlock, and each to a different silent or lost father. One's dead and the other two they say are out there in the State's hands. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOLIDAY AT HAMPTON COURT by JOHN DAVIDSON THE COLORED SOLDIERS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 63 by PHILIP SIDNEY A VOICE PROPHETIC by WALT WHITMAN TO A SQUIRREL AT KYLE-NA-NO by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 2 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM BALLADE OF MYSELF AND MONSIEUR RABELAIS by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) |