Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
To W. C. W. M. D.Alfred Kreymborg
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Another death.
This time
I bring it to you.
You are kind,
Brutal,
You know
How to lower
Bodies.
I ask only
That the rope
Isn’t silk,
(Silk doesn’t break)
Nor thread,
(Thread does.)
If it lifts
And lowers
Common things,
It will do.