If I should learn, in some quite casual way, br That you were gone, not to return again— br Read from the back-page of a paper, say, br Held by a neighbor in a subway train, br How at the corner of this avenue br And such a street (so are the papers filled) br A hurrying man—who happened to be you— br At noon to-day had happened to be killed, br I should not cry aloud—I could not cry br Aloud, or wring my hands in such a place— br I should but watch the station lights rush by br With a more careful interest on my face, br Or raise my eyes and read with greater care br Where to store furs and how to treat the hair.br br Edna St.