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WHITE STEPS, by                    
First Line: At night old women sit on their white steps
Last Line: But now you sit—perhaps god meant it so.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mundt, Mrs. Karl E.
Subject(s): Life; Old Age; Women; Youth


At night old women sit on their white steps,
Secure, and watch the stream of Life flow by.
A young girl steals from out the dusk. They hunch
Their stiffened forms. They wag their heads and sigh.

Dull, shapeless splotches on the clean white steps:
Forgotten now are all the throbbing notes
That once sang Life. Its multi-colored tunes
Lie stifled, cold, in tightened, wrinkled throats.

Old women, you have washed your steps so clean
From all Life's grimy smears. A day ago
You, too, were smudged. You tasted good and bad;
But now you sit—Perhaps God meant it so.





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