Sam Hookey

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Title:     Sam Hookey
Author: Edgar Lee Masters [More Titles by Masters]

I RAN away from home with the circus,
Having fallen in love with Mademoiselle Estralada,
The lion tamer.
One time, having starved the lions
For more than a day,
I entered the cage and began to beat Brutus
And Leo and Gypsy.
Whereupon Brutus sprang upon me,
And killed me.
On entering these regions
I met a shadow who cursed me,
And said it served me right. . . .
It was Robespierre!

[The end]
Edgar Lee Masters's poem: Sam Hookey

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