“No, not with John. There wouldn’t be no sense.
Eliza’s had too many other men.”
Laban was forced to fall back on his plan
To buy Eliza a plot to lie alone in:
Which gives him for himself a choice of lots
When his time comes to die and settle down.
TWO WITCHES
I. THE WITCH OF COÖS
Circa 1922
I staid the night for shelter at a farm
Behind the mountain, with a mother and son,