Jim Limber the Adopted Mulatto Son of Jefferson Davis Explains His Place in the Family
Dead Joseph died of falling off the porch
On the third floor and smacking his head hard
On the walk he was as big as me but he
Was five and I was seven so he wasn’t
As big as me inside I didn’t see
It but I heard it and some screaming but it
Wasn’t Joe screaming but it was his nurse
Screaming and wailing he was surely dead
When Joe dead Joseph hit the walk it was quiet
Wasn’t but me and Joe’s nurse heard you might
Have heard a gnat land on a tear it was nothing
It sounded like a soldier scuffing
His boot or like the handyman with a soft last
Hammer tap tapping a joint into place
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