I LOST my patronage in Spoon River From trying to put my mind in the camera To catch the soul of the person. The very best picture I ever took Was of Judge Somers, attorney at law. He sat upright and had me pause Till he got his cross-eye straight. Then when he was ready he said "all right." And I yell, "overruled" and his eye turned up. And I caught him just as he used to look When saying "I except." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE THE DARKLING THRUSH by THOMAS HARDY IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE by RUDYARD KIPLING IMPRESSIONS: LA FUITE DE LA LUNE by OSCAR WILDE THE OUTGOING OF SABBATH by ALTER ABELSON |