IF the excursion train to Peoria Had just been wrecked, I might have escaped with my life -- Certainly I should have escaped this place. But as it was burned as well, they mistook me For John Allen who was sent to the Hebrew Cemetery At Chicago, And John for me, so I lie here. It was bad enough to run a clothing store in this town, But to be buried here -- ach! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN A SWEDISH GRAVEYARD by EMMA LAZARUS THE BLACK MONKEY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD ON LIBERTY AND SLAVERY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON SONNET: TO SLEEP by JOHN KEATS SONNET TO THE MOON by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS THE SEVEN WORDS by GEORGE WILLARD BONTE |