They do not care about each other, these two, They never did; But they were girls together, years ago. -- @3Years! Years! How many, my dear!@1 -- They look at each other with the furtive appraising eye Of women noticing the changes, Pretending not to. . . . And suddenly they cling, sobbing a little; They kiss. But not each other! The one is holding to her heart a girl's mad dream, Forgotten, And the dream's end, Forgotten, too. And the other reaches wistful lips toward a far feast, And seems to taste the crumbs that fell from that shining table, Where, Careless, singing, She hardly touched the food. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: CHARLES WARREN, THE SHERIFF by EDGAR LEE MASTERS MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE GLOIRE DE DIJON by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE ZION, OR THE CITY OF GOD by JOHN NEWTON HASSAN'S MUSIC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 11. LOVE WILL OUT by PHILIP AYRES |