Time The Hangman

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Title:     Time The Hangman
Author: William Carlos Williams [More Titles by Williams]

Poor old Abner, old white-haired nigger!
I remember when you were so strong
you hung yourself by a rope round the neck
in Doc Hollister's barn to prove you could beat
the faker in the circus--and it didn't kill you.
Now your face is in your hands, and your elbows
are on your knees, and you are silent and broken.

[The end]
William Carlos Williams's poem: Time The Hangman

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