The Stairway at a Single Bound

Obviate parade—

The transitive verb,

Its oddball object,

Excised article,

The whole phrase hapax

Legomenon jammed

In a concrete scene—

Maple’s loom is red;

Bobolink was there—

Along with human

Social roles assigned

To garden creatures—

Aged Bee addressed

Us, et cetera—

It’s quintessential

Dickinson, so much

So that our delight

In that surprise of

Obviate parade

Lets readers forget

To ask, What parade?