Hero (Williams)
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| from Al Que Quiere! (1917) |
Fool,
put your adventures
into those things
which break ships—
not female flesh.
Let there pass
over the mind
the waters of
four oceans, the airs
of four skies!
Return hollow-bellied,
keen-eyed, hard!
A simple scar or two.
Little girls will come
bringing you
roses for your button-hole.
[edit] Notes and references
- taken from A Book of Poems: Al Que Quiere!
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