Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Why He Cornered the MarketMorris Gilbert
From “Episodes”
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And all the other kids would come and stand
Outside the window, noses in a row
Pressed white against the glass, to see him go
And stretch up to the counter while he chose
A copper’s worth of these and two of those.