Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN THE FALL, by WALT MASON


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IN THE FALL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the fall tired father's fancy gravely turns
Last Line: Back.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


IN the Fall Tired Father's fancy gravely turns to thoughts of coal, and he sheds

nine kinds of briny as he sizes up his roll. He has thirty-seven
dollars—two of them are plugged with zinc—and the outlook for the
winter is extremely on the blink. And he hears the children clamor for a lot of

winter duds, and his wife makes requisition for some bacon and some spuds; and
his lovely grown-up daughter wants no poverty in hers—she must have a
stylish bonnet and a costly set of furs, and the son will need some money as he

studies for the bar; thirty-seven hard-earned dollars won't take Father very
far. Father has so many problems that his hair has fallen out, yet it's safe to

bet a kopeck on that patient, dauntless scout. Somehow he will buy the bacon,
somehow he'll provide the spuds, Susan Jane will have her sables, and the kids
will have their duds; there'll be coal to feed the furnace, there'll be comfort

in the shack, while Tired Father fights his battle with eight stitches in his
back.





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