The Amphisbaena

Amphisbaena,
Amphisbaena,

such a sight I've never seen, a
head to sleep, a
head to wake,
Amphisbaena,
Amphisbaena,
such a sight I've never seen, a
head to play, a
head to rest, a
head for looking east and west!
how peculiar, never knowing
What direction you are going!
Amphisbaena,
Amphisbaena,
such a sight I've never seen, a
head to eat, a
head to drink, a
head to talk, a head to think!
Amphisbaena, what trouble
When you have to do things double!

Myra Cohn Livingston