| WHAT does the hangman think about | |
| When he goes home at night from work? | |
| When he sits down with his wife and | |
| Children for a cup of coffee and a | |
| Plate of ham and eggs, do they ask | 5 |
| Him if it was a good day’s work | |
| And everything went well or do they | |
| Stay off some topics and talk about | |
| The weather, base ball, politics | |
| And the comic strips in the papers | 10 |
| And the movies? Do they look at his | |
| Hands when he reaches for the coffee | |
| Or the ham and eggs? If the little | |
| Ones say, Daddy, play horse, here’s | |
| A rope—does he answer like a joke: | 15 |
| I seen enough rope for today? | |
| Or does his face light up like a | |
| Bonfire of joy and does he say: | |
| It’s a good and dandy world we live | |
| In. And if a white face moon looks | 20 |
| In through a window where a baby girl | |
| Sleeps and the moon gleams mix with | |
| Baby ears and baby hair—the hangman— | |
| How does he act then? It must be easy | |
| For him. Anything is easy for a hangman, | 25 |
| I guess. | |
