Jews and Ragamuffins of Kilburn

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Jews and Ragamuffins of Kilburn

But she goes

shopping in

вАФkillвБ†вАФburnвБ†вАФ

вАФ

she knows

itвБ†вАФnamed for its pavement lid of hellвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФ

here dwell

haberdashers

they scare her

with adventures

of dashing rabbitвБ†вАФhares

Gingerly Nurse

lifts her nose

because

in Kilburn are so many Jews

She fears to find them crawling up her socks

but hears

the Jews killed Jesus

and are bound for Hades

with rвБ†вАФвБ†oвБ†вАФвБ†uвБ†вАФвБ†nвБ†вАФвБ†d noses

Here where the common children swarm

вАФwho choose

chillblains and chaps

and fluted shoes

and shout вАЬGaaвБ†вАФвБ†aarвБ†вАФвБ†rnвАЭ

One

wearing

a straggling

lambsвАЩвБ†вАФwool

tippet

tied in front

with a tag of pink tape

and at the back

her plait

humps itself over it

kneels

in a queer

position

of sideway struggle

Her leg has slipped

between the spear

headed palings

growing

a trap

on the crude depth

of an empty area

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ova fears

вАФвБ†вАКвАФThat she can never

release it

iron is so hard

that even the strongest man in the world

could

never bend it

Ova bearsвБ†вАФ

horror for this child

caught in a novel hell

of immovable metal

which is eternal

вАЬHold up your chinвАЭ

nurse says вАЬyou begin

to walk like a horrid ragamuffinвАЭ

The common children

have the best of her

вАФthough dressed in

ragsвБ†вАФThey feed on muffin