Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAY WALTERS, by HOLLIS WILLIAM SCHREIBER


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MAY WALTERS, by                    
First Line: May walters had no special claim on life
Last Line: One can't help feeling sorry for her, though.
Alternate Author Name(s): Schreiber, H. W.
Subject(s): Housewives


May Walters had no special claim on life;
There wasn't any great thing she had done
To earn a stay. True, she made Sam a wife
As good as most wives are; and she was one
Who wasn't scared of work -- she did her share
By keeping him a home, and having Dan
And Emily, and raising them with care,
Harboring hope as only a mother can.

May served her time, replenished life with birth,
And having done her work, there was no reason
Prolonging the inevitable, and so
One day indoors, when apples were in season,
She fell asleep while fruit dropped to the earth . . .
One can't help feeling sorry for her, though.





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