Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE IN PATAGONIA; TO CARL VAN VECHTEN, by DONALD EVANS


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LOVE IN PATAGONIA; TO CARL VAN VECHTEN, by                    
First Line: Forgetting her mauve vows the fania fled
Last Line: And then I danced along the boulevard!
Subject(s): Death; Kisses; Love; Sin; Dead, The


Forgetting her mauve vows the Fania fled,
Taking away her moonlight scarves with her --
There was no joy left in the calendar,
And life was but an orchid that was dead.
Even our pious peacocks went unfed --
I had deserved no treachery like this,
For I had bitten sharp kiss after kiss
Devoutly, till her sleek young body bled.

Then Carlo came; he shone like a new sin --
Straightway I knew pearl-powder still was sweet,
And that my bleeding heart would not be scarred.
I sought a shop where shoes were sold within,
And for three hundred francs made brave my feet,
And then I danced along the boulevard!





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