Miriam Ross

Miriam stood still one day
In place she didn’t even sway
Rigid, to be emphatic
Incredibly static
Abstaining from motion was her way
Miriam was so still because,
Right as Toad’s had grown abuzz,
Over her shoulder
She heard someone scold her:
Step aside, you’re where the accident was!
In haste, as she moved where she stood,
She saw the man had misunderstood
Picked up from the ground,
Odorous and brown,
There was just a pile of wood
As she left, she learned at the door
That that wood was precious, worth much more
Oh, she could have been loaded
Ere she moved when he goaded
She’d never move again, she swore!

College: Grace Hopper
Class: 2021
Hometown: Urbana, IL
Voice Part: ​Alto
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