Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


RUNNED AWAY by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: DEAR SIS: I WROTE THIS NOAT TO SAY I'VE BEEN AN
Last Line: HIDING IN THE STABLE.
Subject(s): BROTHERS; CHILDREN; ESCAPES; FAMILY LIFE; LETTERS; SISTERS; HALF-BROTHERS; CHILDHOOD; FUGITIVES; RELATIVES;

Dear Sis: I wrote this noat to say Ive ben an gone an runned away; I gess
the fambily Ive got wunt miss me such a nawful lot, cuz yesterday you no I had a
nawful wollupin from dad an nurse she scolded me like fun fer sumpthin some one
else had dun. Last night ma sent me off to bed before Id got a chapter read. It
shows, so fur as I kin see, that no one cares a rap fer me. I gess that I aint
understood and so Ive run away fer good. But sis if there is pie to-day fer
dinner, snake a piece away, and bring it to me when your able, youll find me
hiding in the stable.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net