Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SOME OTHER TIME, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: I told him we our game would play
Last Line: Some other time that never came.
Subject(s): Automobile Accidents; Play; Stillbirth; Death - Childbirth


I told him we our game would play
Some other time, less busy day;
And so he sighed and went away.

A smile upon his features died;
He bit his lip, and turned aside,
His childish heart unsatisfied.

I heard the patter of his feet
Go down the stairs and down the street,
Some playmate there perhaps to meet.

I heard a fool go speeding by;
I heard a car, I heard a cry;
Now that's a year ago, and I --

So many things had greater claim,
Some other time we'd play our game --
Some other time that never came.





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