This poem was one of 33 added in the 1916 edition.
AFTER I had attended lectures At our Chautauqua, and studied French For twenty years, committing the grammar Almost by heart, I thought I'd take a trip to Paris To give my culture a final polish. So I went to Peoria for a passport- (Thomas Rhodes was on the train that morning.) And there the clerk of the district Court Made me swear to support and defend The constitution-yes, even me- Who couldn't defend or support it at all! And what do you think? That very morning The Federal Judge, in the very next room To the room where I took the oath, Decided the constitution Exempted Rhodes from paying taxes For the water works of Spoon River!
, 3 months ago
no it did't Brad did
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homer stokes , 3 months ago
chicken pecked me