The Little Ghost
{It is feared that eight of ten millions may die of starvation in Europe this winter.-From an UNRRA report.] I DRIVE him daily from my door, A little ghost-he never cries. Only the horror of his eyes Destroys my peace for evermore. , I DRIVE him out, yet in he’ll creep; At night beside my bed he stands, Touching with tiny frozen hands My coverlid. I may not sleep. A> meals he stands beside my seat, He watches the full dishes pass. He gnaws a little bit of grass, He watches everything I eat. H, little one! Oh, little one! Small unit of that mighty host! You haunt my plenty with your ghost For all that I have left undone!
Marjorie
Adams
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 378, 20 September 1946, Page 12
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124The Little Ghost New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 378, 20 September 1946, Page 12
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