Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters
(23 August 1868 – 5 March 1950 / Kansas / United States)
Poems by Edgar Lee Masters : 140 / 263
John M. Church - Poem by Edgar Lee Masters
I was attorney for the "Q"
And the Indemnity Company which insured
The owners of the mine.
I pulled the wires with judge and jury,
And the upper courts, to beat the claims
Of the crippled, the widow and orphan,
And made a fortune thereat.
The bar association sang my praises
In a high-flown resolution.
And the floral tributes were many --
But the rats devoured my heart
And a snake made a nest in my skull.
Poems by Edgar Lee Masters : 140 / 263
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Poem Submitted: Friday, January 3, 2003
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