Carl Sandburg . Bricklayer Love

[insidiousintent.livejournal.com]

I thought of killing myself because I am only a bricklayer
and you a woman who loves the man who runs a drug store.

I don’t care like I used to; I lay bricks straighter than I
used to and I sing slower handling the trowel afternoons.

When the sun is in my eyes and the ladders are shaky and the
mortar boards go wrong, I think of you.

Comments

[arraign.livejournal.com]

That's so sad. And also very beautiful.

[edgar.livejournal.com]

I like that very much. Thank you for posting!

[laughingbee.livejournal.com]

Je l'aime beaucoup.