Poetry of Eli Siegel
Depression Song of a Girl
I walk around without hope;
I haven’t a cent in my purse;
I’m at the end of my rope—
A grave without a hearse.
I don’t know what it’s all for,
I don’t know what’s required;
I know I can’t stand more,—
And I know I’m tired, tired.
From Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana: Poems (Definition Press)
© 1957 by Eli Siegel