THE SAVANNAH WELLS
On the green grassy land A couple of wells lay Two wells laying still in a Savannah, And sorry I could pick both not And be one A century I took to glare and behold them And scrutinized the first one as much as I could To check for bends and moth in the undergrowth; Then turned to the other, as just and as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because the way to it is grassy And wanted a first shave To draw the first of it's waters Though as for that the passing of time Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay No one had claimed any Oh, I left the unshaven for another day! Yet knowing that experience is the best teacher I doubted if I could ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two wells in the savanna, And I chose the one shaven, bend and with moth, And that made all this difference Coz it was the best water for my flower In the drought, it keeps moisture in the garde...