Alfred Kreymborg, ed. Others for 1919. 1920.
Marsden Hartley
Salutation to a Mouse
I
Of one’s written words,
Is there else to do but accept
The flattery?
I have deemed it wise to do so.
I have thanked him
Sufficiently
As he scurried in and out
Of the room.
He has faced the winter
With a nest of my words.
I did not suspect them
Of such worth against the cold.