The Bat
Emily Dickinson
1830 to 1886
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The bat is dun with wrinkled wings
Like article,
And not a song pervades his lips,
none perceptible.
His small umbrella, quaintly halved,
Describing the air
An arc alike inscrutable, —
Elate philosopher!
Deputed from what firmament
Of what astute abode,
with what malevolence
Auspiciously withheld.
To his adroit
Ascribe no less the praise;
Beneficent, believe me,
His eccentricities.