| Alfred Kreymborg, ed. Others for 1919. 1920. | | | | To a Weakling | | By Wallace Gould |
| | | DO not speak of faith in me. | |
| Do not pour out your heart upon me, only to soil me with what you think I am. | |
| Do not crown me king of your limitations. | |
| Do not chatter about understandings. | |
| Do not mention lasting friendship. | 5 |
| Do not speak. | |
| I am striving to hear each note of the swallows | |
| swooping through the door of the barn. | |
| I am striving to hear each whine of the autumn winds | |
| sidling about the eaves. | 10 |
| I am longing to tell you that what I am is likely to cause in you a shudder; | |
| that what I am is likely to silence you; | |
| that I have done all things; | |
| and that I am proud— | |
| serenely proud— | 15 |
| of having no limitations. | |
| Fool, could I silence you | |
| by telling you these things? | | | | |
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