THE JACK-O’-LANTERN
SENCE he los’ ’is brains to git ’is smile,
Brer Jack-o’-lantern grins lak a ’wilderin’ chile,
Widout no secrets out or in;
An’ de lighter in de head de broader is ’is grin.
An’ he ain’t by ’isself in dat, in dat—
No, he ain’t by ’isself in dat.
ANTS
DEM ants is sho got savin’ ways,
An’ even de scripture ’lows ’em praise;