Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 39: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **literary content, not a political cartoon**. It features: 1. **"Smokehouse Poetry" introduction** - announcing three poems for October, including "The Prisoner's Prayer" written on a prison wall at McNeil Island Penitentiary in 1909, later memorized and released by another inmate. 2. **"Betrayed" by Angela Morgan** - a melancholic poem about a woman who sacrificed everything for love, only to be betrayed. The poem addresses themes of romantic loss and maternal heartbreak. The page represents *Whiz Bang's* literary/poetry section rather than satirical commentary. It reflects early 20th-century sentimental verse conventions and the magazine's apparent interest in presenting both prison-authored works and established poets like Morgan.