THE PRESS OF THE SPOON RIVER "CLARION" WAS WRECKED,
AND I WAS TARRED AND FEATHERED,
FOR PUBLISHING THIS,
ON THE DAY THE ANARCHISTS WERE HANGED IN CHICAGO:
"I SAW A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH BANDAGED EYES
STANDING ON THE STEPS OF A MARBLE TEMPLE.
GREAT MULTITUDES PASSED IN FRONT OF HER,
LIFTING THEIR FACES TO HER IMPLORINGLY.
IN HER LEFT HAND SHE HELD A SWORD.
SHE WAS BRANDISHING THE SWORD,
SOMETIMES STRIKING A CHILD, AGAIN A LABORER,
AGAIN A SLINKING WOMAN, AGAIN A LUNATIC.
IN HER RIGHT HAND SHE HELD A SCALE;
INTO THE SCALE PIECES OF GOLD WERE TOSSED
BY THOSE WHO DODGED THE STROKES OF THE SWORD.
A MAN IN A BLACK GOWN READ FROM A MANUSCRIPT:
"SHE IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS."
THEN A YOUTH WEARING A RED CAP
LEAPED TO HER SIDE AND SNATCHED AWAY THE BANDAGE.
AND LO, THE LASHES HAD BEEN EATEN AWAY
FROM THE OOZY EYE-LIDS;
THE EYE-BALLS WERE SEARED WITH A MILKY MUCUS;
THE MADNESS OF A DYING SOUL
WAS WRITTEN ON HER FACE,
BUT THE MULTITUDE SAW WHY SHE WORE THE BANDAGE."

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