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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAND HAG, by HAZEL FORBIS
First Line: The desert sleeps. The moon with tender grasp
Last Line: They fall and perish on her burning pyre.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating
First Line: The desert sleeps. The moon with tender grasp
Last Line: They fall and perish on her burning pyre.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating
The Desert sleeps. The moon with tender grasp,
Transforms the wanton under creamy veil
That cactus-brooches pucker in their clasp.
They hide the carnal form in bold regale.
The weather-beaten hag, pock-marked with age,
Assumes gentility beneath the gauze.
She seems so comely, pillowed on the sage,
That wholly unsuspecting, lovers pause.
But when the Desert suddenly awakes,
She hurls her passion-pointed, flaming darts.
With searing eagerness, the siren takes
Possession -- parching, shrivelling their hearts
Until, exhausted by her ardent fire,
They fall and perish on her burning pyre.
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