Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT HIM, by MAUDE ARNEY FARNSWORTH


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LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT HIM, by                    
First Line: I heard a boy, a high - school boy
Last Line: Both death and birth.
Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Boys; Towns; Estrangement; Outcasts


I heard a boy, a high-school boy,
complain and fret, the
town was small, and cramped
his style, and hindered his stride;
he must get out into the world where things
happen, where Life abounds,
Life and Things --
Ah me.

When just around the corner
towards the setting sun,
a baby lay dead, a puny little
weakling, made so through lack
of bread; the father shiftless,
dull of mind, and slow;
the poor mother watched the
child weaker, weaker grow;
and in the big house
on the hill, a wee bit
of femininity
has arrived, "out of the
nowhere into here."
Ah me --

If I could only make
that boy, that bright-eyed
high-school boy, to
know and understand that
Life was all about him, for
some day he'll know there are
no bigger things on this old
earth than being trained to meet
both Death and Birth.





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