Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CECILY, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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First Line: She had a laugh
Last Line: Vile -- they're vile!'
Subject(s): Grief; Hearts; Laughter; Women; Sorrow; Sadness


She had a laugh
That took Joy by the hand
And made it dance tip-toe.
And her eyes danced
Till laughter out of Grief
Would overflow.

Wild as a spot of sun
Upon a windy day
Her heart was, . . .
Ever at play!

Was, did I say?
Well . . .
In a padded cell,
Three hundred sixty-three,
She picks the sunbeams now
From off her knee,
And flings them from her and cries,
'Vile -- they're vile!'





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