The Knowledgeable Child, Leonard Strong.

The Knowledgeable Child.
by Leonard Alfred George Strong, 1896-?

I always see—I don’t know why—
If any person’s going to die.
That’s why nobody talks to me.
There was a man who came to tea,
And when I saw that he would die
I went to him and said ‘Good-bye,
‘I shall not see you any more.’
He died that evening. Then, next door,
They had a little girl: she died
Nearly as quick, and Mummy cried
And cried, and ever since that day
She’s made me promise not to say.
But folks are still afraid of me,
And, where they’ve children, nobody
Will let me next or nigh to them
For fear I’ll say good-bye to them.