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YE BEAUTY SHOPPE, by                    
First Line: Ye beauty shoppe, wherein are plied those arts
Last Line: "whence I emerge, at last, disguised as ""youth."
Subject(s): Beauticians


Ye Beauty Shoppe, wherein are plied those arts
Known to the ancient Priestesses of Nile's
Enchanted land, reveal to me the wiles
By which Queen Cleopatra snared the hearts
Of warriors and Kings, that I, in marts
Where the eternal chase for gold beguiles,
Elusive coin may snare with red-lipped smiles,
Plucked brows and shadowy eyes, my deadly darts.

My time is up. Shampooed and finger-waved,
By Joan rouged, by Rose in lotions laved,
Massaged and curled, perfumed and manicured
By Dorothy, High Priestess, then I'm lured
To final tortures in fair Myra's booth,
Whence I emerge, at last, disguised as "YOUTH."





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