Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SHE TALKED SO MUCH, by DAISY CRUMP WHITEHEAD


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SHE TALKED SO MUCH, by                    
Last Line: Yet every day she prayed that she be good.
Subject(s): Conversation


She talked so much that often what she said
Made others miserable, and oftentimes afraid;
She went to church, put something in the plate,
And always saw when some one came in late;
She criticized the few in sporty clothes,
And sniffing said, "They're short enough, land knows!"
She made the finest cake, salt rising-bread
From recipes kept solely in her head,
But when her boy came for a bite to eat,
She'd crossly call, "Again? Go wipe your feet!"
Yet when that stranger's lad was sick and died,
She was the very last to leave his side;
She doubted love and happiness to be;
Said when one wed, "Well, you just wait and see."
And when a certain tragic afternoon,
That pretty Benton baby came too soon,
Her version of it shocked the neighborhood:
Yet every day she prayed that she be good.





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