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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Brackish Well

John Crawford

From “Night”

IF I were less than the sum of what I am

I wonder—

My eyes seek yours

Coaxing the flame—

If I were blind?

If I were dumb

And had no song?

Say you would love me

Blind and dumb—

Nothing to hold you,

Nothing to bind you to me.

Say you would love

My spirit …

I will say to you:

Go and love some puff of wind

From a graveyard.