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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO A.M., by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER
First Line: What evil in the yeast of night
Last Line: Or doctor magnus justifies his tonic.
Subject(s): Evil; Insomnia; Malice; Sleeplessness
First Line: What evil in the yeast of night
Last Line: Or doctor magnus justifies his tonic.
Subject(s): Evil; Insomnia; Malice; Sleeplessness
What evil in the yeast of night,
The prayers of enemies unheard by day,
A cigarette's half poisoned light,
The seals of beauty I shall never break,
The mind's lost edge—
Gives every negative a voice symphonic
To argue blood and slay
The spirit where it lies awake?
So Lucifer at last fulfils his pledge
To intercept God's way,
Or Doctor Magnus justifies his tonic.
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