An idol tall as three big men curving lines bridge 5 of the great green nose to the still arches drawn without motion above the poignant half-sad lips with the same 10 memory of decayed gardens princes lazy about the common grounds smiling at the women to the women the women only 15 faintly portrayed by the best artists linens close about their bodies thin unfraying silks 20 on them about them unconsciously as the air itself or breathing lightly 25 the final descending lines of the chin raising the ogling eyes of visitors here gathered 30 strangers to the courtly past lust back upwards thereby putting the whole 35 face into focus assembled block by block
From the collection "Youth Youth Youth"
Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]
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