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...MOTHER (MARGERY CARRUTH, 1896-1981) by HAYDEN CARRUTH IT JUST SO HAPPENS by JAMES GALVIN SAPPHIC SUICIDE NOTE by JAMES GALVIN DOMESTIC SONG by DAVID IGNATOW BUT NOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE CROSS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |