IF the excursion train to Peoria Had just been wrecked, I might have escaped with my life -- Certainly I should have escaped this place. But as it was burned as well, they mistook me For John Allen who was sent to the Hebrew Cemetery At Chicago, And John for me, so I lie here. It was bad enough to run a clothing store in this town, But to be buried here -- ach! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PLUMPUPPETS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THE HOUND OF HEAVEN by FRANCIS THOMPSON A SHADOW OF THE NIGHT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LORD FINCHLEY by HILAIRE BELLOC INOPPORTUNE by THOMAS H. BRIGGS JR. JEWELS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |