First Line: THE CHURL SWINGS HIS CALOUSED HANDS AGAINST THE CITY'S Last Line: THE CHURL SMILES AND STAGGERS. Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; CONDUCT OF LIFE; HUMAN NATURE;
The churl swings his caloused hands against the city's 3 A. M. silence, smiling ... The street is his, the dim lights on it, the land under It, the rotund moon, grown occasionally thin in air. These are sufficient. The churl smiles and staggers.