Explore "Portrait of a Young Man with a Bad Heart" by William Carlos Williams on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Have I seen her?
Only through the window / across the street.
If I go meeting her / on the corner / some damned fool / will go blabbing it / to the old man and / she'll get hell.
He's a queer old bastard!
Every time he sees me / you'd think / I wanted to kill him.
But I figure it out / it's best to let things / stay as they are -- / for a while at least.
It's hard / giving up the thing / you want most / in the world, but with this / damned pump of mine / liable to give out.
She's a good kid / and I'd hate to hurt her / but if she can get over it -- / it'd be the best thing.