Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MR. FROST GOES SOUTH TO BOSTON, by FIRMAN HOUGHTON


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MR. FROST GOES SOUTH TO BOSTON, by                    
First Line: When I see buildings in a town together
Last Line: As I myself would ever want to go.
Subject(s): Frost, Robert (1874-1963); Poetry & Poets


When I see buildings in a town together,
Stretching all around to touch the sky,
I like to know that they come down again
And so I go around the block to see,
And, sure enough, there is the downward side.
I say to myself these buildings never quite
Arrived at heaven although they went that way.
That's the way with buildings and with people.
The same applies to colts and cats and chickens
And cattle of all breeds and dogs and horses.
I think the buildings Boston has are high
Enough. I like to ride the elevator
Up to the top and then back I come again.
Now, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't want
A ticket to New York to ride up higher.
These buildings come as close to heaven now
As I myself would ever want to go.





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