THE GRAY BOX

I'd pray

But I can't.

I'd play

But I shant.

I'd stay

But I won't.

I'd lay

But I don't.

I'd say

But I choke.

I'd pay

But I'm broke.

I'd weigh

But I'm pared.

I'd slay

But I'm scared.

I'm clay

But I scope,

For the gray

Box, I grope,

Where sin

Meets its rope

At despair's end-- now hope!