The Sloth

His life is an epic He is the one person who opens wares an hour after the market He comes to town a day after the fair He "holds hard" after the shot has left the gun He locks the stable after the herd is all gone He won't die, though he is of no use alive He is Mr. everything married to Mrs. nothing They cover their well after their children are drowned and left in the deep They are busy ploughing the air when their field is waist high in weed Busy! They are at the old farm Bringing up buckets of water After the last pillar of thier house is burnt down