Did you ever hear of Editor Whedon <br />Giving to the public treasury any of the money he received <br />For supporting candidated for office? <br />Or for writing up the canning factory <br />To get people to invest? <br />Or for suppressing the facts about the bank, <br />When it was rotten and ready to break? <br />Did you ever hear of the Circuit Judge <br />Helping anyone except the "Q" railroad, <br />Or the bankers? Or did Rev. Peet or Rev. Sibley <br />Give any part of their salary, earned by keeping still, <br />Or speaking out as the leaders wished them to do, <br />To the building of the water works? <br />But I -- Daisy Fraser who always passed <br />Along the street through rows of nods and smiles, <br />And coughs and words such as "there she goes." <br />Never was taken before Justice Arnett <br />Without contributing ten dollars and costs <br />To the school fund of Spoon River!<br /><br />Edgar Lee Masters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/daisy-fraser/
