The Alien of the World

I shall come home and say:

I had a hard time there,

a very awkward time.

There were words in the way

of all the flowers,

and no speech

for the dearest things.

See what became of me -

let me take off my coat

that you may know me,

this barbaric wool.

Sweethearts! Sweethearts!

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12 lines · 2 stanzas