Jack-O'lantern

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Title:     Jack-O'lantern
Author: Ruth McEnery Stuart [More Titles by Stuart]

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 grin
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat, in dat--
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat.

[The end]
Ruth McEnery Stuart's poem: Jack-O'lantern

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