*the merciless wheel of the locomotive - Johnnie Sayre*
Dad, you'll never know
the anguish that gripped my heart
for my disobedience, when I heard
the merciless wheel of the locomotive
sink into the screaming flesh of my leg.
As they took me to Widow Morris,
I still saw in the valley the school
that I skipped to sneak onto the trains.
I prayed to live long enough to ask your forgiveness—
and then your tears, your broken words of comfort!
From the solace of that hour, I derived infinite happiness.
You were wise to carve for me:
"Ripped from the evil to come."
(Edgar Lee Masters, "Spoon River Anthology", Johnnie Sayre)
Delirium ...Johnnie Sayre (il perdono)
Dad, you'll never know
the anguish that gripped my heart
for my disobedience, when I heard
the merciless wheel of the locomotive
sink into the screaming flesh of my leg.
As they took me to Widow Morris,
I still saw in the valley the school
that I skipped to sneak onto the trains.
I prayed to live long enough to ask your forgiveness—
and then your tears, your broken words of comfort!
From the solace of that hour, I derived infinite happiness.
You were wise to carve for me:
"Ripped from the evil to come."
(Edgar Lee Masters, "Spoon River Anthology", Johnnie Sayre)
Delirium ...Johnnie Sayre (il perdono)
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