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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
23RD STREET RUNS INTO HEAVEN, by KENNETH PATCHEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: You stand near the window as lights wink
Last Line: Our supper is plain but we are very wonderful.
Subject(s): Love - Erotic
First Line: You stand near the window as lights wink
Last Line: Our supper is plain but we are very wonderful.
Subject(s): Love - Erotic
You stand near the window as lights wink
On along the street. Somewhere a trolley, taking
Shop-girls and clerks home, clatters through
This before-supper Sabbath. An alley cat cries
To find the garbage cans sealed; newsboys
Begin their murder-into-pennies round.
We are shut in, secure for a little, safe until
Tommorrow. You slip your dress off, roll down
Your stockings, careful against runs. Naked now,
With soft light on soft flesh, you pause
For a moment; turn and face me --
Smile in a way that only women know
Who have lain long with their lover
And are made more virginal.
Our supper is plain but we are very wonderful.
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