Did Poe Do Chores?

The bells! — ah, the bells!

The little plastic bells!

Hold water for the chickens in their pens

In their pens. —

In their merry little pens—

In the cozy, earthen pens

There are bells, bells, bells —

There are bells!

The bells! — ah, the bells!

The green with algea bells!

How horrible a chore it is to scrub

Yes to scrub—
Yes to rinse and scrub—

With a toilet brush I scrub!

And with dish-pan-hands I rub

All the bells, bells, bells —

All the bells!