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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARTY, by RITA M. DRAGONETTE
First Line: There was much zest
Last Line: I was about to say.
Subject(s): Laughter
First Line: There was much zest
Last Line: I was about to say.
Subject(s): Laughter
There was much zest
And sparkle, and the air was shrill
With laughter-stabbed inebriation.
I was gayer than the rest
Until
Somebody lit his cigarette
In your odd way --
And the wind of memory
Blowing across my animation,
Choked the thing
I was about to say.
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