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My God, I could feel it    That laughter! And then the children caught it; And I, like a struck dog, crept and listened. MY GOD I COULD FEEL IT THAT LAUGHTER AND THEN THE CHILDREN CAUGHT IT AND I LIKE A STRUCK DOG CREPT AND LISTENED
sten: -- When love goes out, and a man is driven To shun mankind for the scars that make him A joke for all chattering tongues, he carries A double burden. The woes I suffered After that hard betrayal made me Pity, at first, all breathing creatures On this bewildered earth. I studied Their faces and made for myself the story Of all their scattered lives. Like brothers And sisters they seemed to me then; and I nourished A stranger friendship wrought in my fancy Between those people and me. But somehow, As time went on, there came queer glances Out of their eyes, and the shame that stung me Harassed my pride with a crazed impression That every face in the surging city Was turned to me; and I saw sly whispers, Now and then, as I walked and wearied My wasted life twice over in bearing With all my sorrow the sorrows of others, -- Till I found myself their fool. Then I trembled, -- A poor scared thing, -- and their prying faces Told me the ghastly truth: they were laughing At me and my fate. DY GOOD FOR DEATH THERE LISTEN WHEN LOVE GOES OUT AND A MAN IS DRIVEN TO SHUN MANKIND FOR THE SCARS THAT MAKE HIM A JOKE FOR ALL CHATTERING TONGUES HE CARRIES THE DOUBLE BURDEN THE WOES I SUFFERED AFTER THAT HARD BETRAYAL MADE ME PITY AT FIRST ALL BREATHING CREATURES ON THIS BEWILDERED EARTH I STUDIED THEIR FACES AND MADE FOR MYSELF A STORY OF ALL THEIR SCATTERED LIVES LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS THEY SEEMED TO ME THEN AND I NOURISHED A STRANGER FRIENDSHIP WROUGHT IN MY FANCY BETWEEN THOSE PEOPLE AND ME BUT SOMEHOW AS TIME WENT ON THERE CAME QUEER GLANCES OUT OF THEIR EYES AND THE SHAME THAT STUNG ME HARASSED MY PRIDE WITH A CRAZED IMPRESSION THE HEAVY FACE IN THE SURGING CITY WAS TURNED TOWARDS ME AND I SAW SLY WHISPERS NOW AND THEN AS I WALKED AND WEARIED MY WASTELESS LIFE TWICE OVER AND BEARING WITH ALL MY SORROW THE SORROWS OF OTHERS TILL I FOUND MYSELF THEIR FOOL THEN I TREMBLED A POOR SCARED THING AND THEIR PRYING FACES TOLD ME THE GHASTLY TRUTH THEY WERE LAUGHING AT ME AND MY FATE
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