Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALTERNATIVES, by DUBOSE HEYWARD


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First Line: Oh, time will break us as it has the others
Last Line: I wonder so -- I falter on your name.


Oh, time will break us as it has the others.
The beautiful and strong, the gay, the proud
Between the cradling breasts of their two mothers,
Have sung their weary hearts out to the crowd.
Rich in metal that no mint may utter,
They struck hot molten youth into a song,
And with it won the solace of the gutter --
Villon, and Poe, and all the lonely throng.

And here today, while our own songs unsung
Still hum pent fire in our quick arteries;
While the sweet agony of being young
Is ours; and this pollen-heavy breeze
Has loosed your hair, and fanned a sudden flame,
I wonder so -- I falter on your name.





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