I say 'e @3isn't@1 Remorse! 'Ow do I know? Saw 'im on Riccarton course Two year ago! Think I'd forget any 'orse? @3Course@1 'e's The Crow! Bumper Maginnis and I After a 'go', Walkin' our 'orses to dry, I says 'Hello! What's that old black goin' by?' Bumper says 'Oh! That's an old cuddy of Flanagan's -- Runs as The Crow!' Now they make out 'e's Remorse. Well, but I @3know@1. Soon as I came on the course I says ''Ello! 'Ere's the old Crow.' Once a man's seen any 'orse, Course 'e must know. Sure as there's wood in this table, I say 'e's The Crow. (@3Cross-examined by the Committee.@1) 'Ow do I know the moke After one sight? S'posin' you meet a bloke Down town at night, Wouldn't you know 'im again when you met 'im? That's @3'im@1 all right! What was the brand on 'is 'ide? @3I@1 couldn't say, Brands can be transmogrified. That ain't the way -- It's the @3look@1 of a 'orse and the way that 'e moves That I'd know any day What was the boy on 'is back? Why, 'e went past All of a minute, and off down the track. -- 'The 'orse went as fast?' True, so 'e did! But, my eyes, what a treat! 'Ow can I notice the 'ands and the seat Of each bumble-faced kid of a boy that I meet? Lor'! What a question to ast! (@3Protest Dismissed.@1) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET INEVITABLY (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MAGDALEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: GODWIN JAMES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE WIZARD IN WORDS by MARIANNE MOORE OCTAVES: 15 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |