Living
Humiliation
From Modern American Poetry (1921)
Living
How nakedly an animal
Lies down on earth to die,
Unmindful of the shining air,
And unashamed of sky.
But men and women under roofs
Draw shades and hush the floor,
And furtively they lay their dead
Behind a darkened door.
Cite this poem
MLA
Welles, Winifred. “Humiliation.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/welles/1/.
Chicago
Welles, Winifred. “Humiliation.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/welles/1/.
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