Poem by Edgar Lee Masters

Tom Merritt

At first I suspected something --
She acted so calm and absent-minded.
And one day I heard the back door shut,
As I entered the front, and I saw him slink
Back of the smokehouse into the lot,
And run across the field.
And I meant to kill him on sight.
But that day, walking near Fourth Bridge,
Without a stick or a stone at hand,
All of a sudden I saw him standing,
Scared to death, holding his rabbits,
And all I could say was, ”Don’t, Don’t, Don’t,”
As he aimed and fired at my heart.

1. Aaron Hatfield
2. Many Soldiers
3. Carl Hamblin
4. Mrs. Benjamin Painter
5. State’s Attorney Fallas

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