Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ENCOUNTER, by EZRA POUND



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First Line: All the while they were talking the new morality
Last Line: Of a japanese paper napkin.


All the while they were talking the new morality
Her eyes explored me.
And when I arose to go
Her fingers were like the tissue
Of a Japanese paper napkin.





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