The Witch of the Pines

 1) The Pine Barrens
     once had their own,
     particular witch.

     Pineys put salt
     over their doors
     to discourage visits from,
     Peggy Clevenger.

     She could turn into a rabbit,
     there was once a dog seen
     chasing a rabbit, through a window
     the rabbit jumped--
     in the same instant--
     stood Peggy Clevenger.

     Another occasion,
     a man tried to kill
     a lizard by crushing
     it with a rock.

     The rock hit the lizard,
     the lizrd disappeared,
     and on the spot materialized
     Peggy Clevenger,
     who smacked the man
     in the face.

     A Hessian name
     Clevenger is.

     In Pasadena,
     a vanished town,
     five miles east of Mt. Misery,
     Peggy lived.

     It's said
     she has a stocking
     full of gold.

     One morning,
     in the smoking ruins of her cabin,
     her remains were found
     but no trace of gold.

2) The Pine Barrens
     had their witch.

     Pineys put salt
     over doors
     to discourage,
     Peggy Clevenger.

     A dog chased a rabbit,
     through a window
     the rabbit jumped, there--
     in the same instant--
     stood Peggy Clevenger.

     Pasadena, a vanished town,
     Peggy lived.
     A Hessian name
     is Clevenger.

     A man tried to crush
     a lizard with a rock.

     The rock hit the lizard,
     and there materialized
     Peggy Clevenger,
     who smacked the man
     in the face.

     It's said she has
     a stocking of gold.

     One morning,
     in smoking ruins,
     her remains were found
     but no gold.