Aileen Fisher Biography

Don't you think it's probable
that beetles, bugs, and bees
talk about a lot of things -
...

Fly fly butterfly,
Fly fly butterfly,
Fly fly butterfly,
...

It's funny how beetles
and creatures like that
can walk upside down
...

After my bath

I try, try, try

to wipe myself

till I'm dry, dry, dry.


Hands to wipe

and fingers and toes

and two wet legs

and a shiny nose.


Just think how much

less time I'd take

if I were a dog

and could shake, shake, shake.
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T for time to be together, turkey,talk and tangy weather
H for harvest stored away, home and hearth and holiday
A for Autumn's frosty art, and abundance in the heart
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