The Bouncer

Perched atop his Village throne,

The gremlin sits: he sits alone.

Many a heart he’s filled with shame,

The guardian keeper of the Jane.

“Try to enter if you dare,”

He breathes beneath his lemon hair.

I urge you all to never test this,

But if you must—be on the guest list.

Words by Emily Siegel, Illustration by Gabi Anderson. Follow them both at Urban Ditty.