Knowlt Hoheimer ran away to the war <br />The day before Curl Trenary <br />Swore out a warrant through Justice Arnett <br />For stealing hogs. <br />But that's not the reason he turned a soldier. <br />He caught me running with Lucius Atherton. <br />We quarreled and I told him never again <br />To cross my path. <br />Then he stole the hogs and went to the war -- <br />Back of every soldier is a woman.<br /><br />Edgar Lee Masters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lydia-puckett/
