OVERHEARD IN AN ASYLUM - John Donne Poems

 
 

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OVERHEARD IN AN ASYLUM
And here we have another case
quite different from the last,
another case quite different --
Listen.

  Baby, drink.
  The war is over.
  Mother's breasts
  are round with milk.

  Baby, rest.
  The war is over.
  Only pigs
  slop over so.

  Baby, sleep.
  The war is over.
  Daddy's come
  with a German coin.

  Baby, dream.
  The war is over.
  You'll be a soldier
  too.

Yes, we gave her the doll --
Now there we have another case
quite different from --

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