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Fenton Johnson, "Who Is That A-Walking in the Corn?" (1918)

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Who is that a-walking in the corn?
I have looked to East and looked to West
But nowhere could I find him who walks
    Master’s cornfield in the morning.

Who is that a-walking in the corn?
Is it Joshua, the son of Nun?---
Or King David come to fight the giant
    Near the cornfield in the morning?

Who is that a-walking in the corn?
Is it Peter jangling Heaven's keys?---
Or old Gabriel come to blow his horn
   Near the cornfield in the morning? 

Who is that a-walking in the corn?
I have looked to East and looked to West
But nowhere could I find him who walks
   Master’s cornfield in the morning.


Published in Poetry, June 1918

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