Buzzz

Half a hundred congressman,
Shouting from their seats;
Indians attacking, while
The warning tom-tom beats;

A roaring air armada,
A cataract on the rocks;
The cuss-words of a bachelor;
With holes in all his socks;

The blare of horns in traffic,
The stuck hogs' anguish squeal;
The clanging rivet-hammer as
It beats against the steel;

The howling dog at daybreak
When all the world's asleep;
The blatting, bleating, bawling of
A band of frightened sheep;

The clacking of the castanets
By a charming seniorita--
But for maddening annoyance take
The hum of a mosquito!

by A.H.L

From the book Nomania published in Nome, Alaska in August 1938