“I have seen others find
What I sought.”
. . . . . . .
“I don’t know that it’s anyone’s business
Why I came,”
(Another spoke as if unwillingly),
“A girl laughed, I think—
Funny?—Yes, funny as hell!”—
. . . . . . .
His neighbor said,
“I was a business man,
No sentiment,
Nothing of that kind,—
But the band played
And, suddenly, I saw
My country,
A woman, with hands outstretched,
Her back to the wall—”
“U—um,” they nodded,
“She’s got a pull,
That old lady.”
. . . . . . .
“As for me,” the speaker was abrupt,
“I was afraid!
I saw pictures,
I heard things—
I couldn’t sleep
For the Beast that was abroad—
Fear!
That’s what brought me!”
. . . . . . .