Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STEEL AFTERGLOW, by BELLE CHAPMAN MORRILL


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STEEL AFTERGLOW, by                    
First Line: Tonight a sky that might be rose
Last Line: And little children shoes.


Tonight a sky that might be rose
Is muddied by the flow
Of smoky waves -- yet darkness brings
Another afterglow.

From ugly rows of towering flues,
Rust-yellow flames arise,
And lighted stairs of molten steel
Thrust upward to the skies.

Then angels in asbestos shod
Descend through lurid hues
To bring this dingy valley bread
And little children shoes.





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