Seaholly Evergreen lives at the circus
Bending the barbells and hefting the mimes
Cheerfully doing it, glad that her work is
Away from the rat nests and sewers and grime
Born to a hardscrabble working class family
Clearing the rats from the gutters and pipes
Sewer work leaving her smelly, and clammily
Dreaming of lives of a different type
Seaholly Evergreen vowed she would leave before
Life made her bitter as well as defiant
But no one hires a twelve inch tall stevedore
Strongest of sprites is no match for a giant
When Madame Dusklight said, you are hilarious,
Lift tiny weights! Holly took to the stage
Not knowing that her new boss was nefarious
Soon she decamped with her friends in a rage
Now that her worklife has different parameters
Seaholly’s cheerful and chatty and thrilled
(Doubtful she speaks dactylic tetrameter,
Though she might rhyme if it won’t get her killed)
Published on August 11, 2021 08:37