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Hic Jacet (Definitive)
by William F DoughertyThe earwig perished on a page,
a scholar's life impressed, abridged;
thumb-notches deep in Webster's work
the curious mite inscribed his mark.
A flat insecticide, by chance,
caught as the jaws of reference
closed on his affrighted form
trying to hunker under fern,
that syllable he mistook for home
bold-faces his archived tomb,
not the only word-mite conned
by copia of a lexicon.
06/21/2012 Posted on 06/22/2012
Copyright © 2025 William F Dougherty
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Linda Fuller on 06/22/12 at 06:09 PM Erudite, charming and poignant ("...trying to hunker under fern, that syllable he mistook for home...") - added to favorites. |
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