Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EYES, by RUTH CLAY PRICE


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EYES, by                    
First Line: Seen from the balcony, looking down
Last Line: Aglitter through the smoke.
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Night Clubs; Striptease Dancers; Women


Seen from the balcony, looking down:—
At tables around the dancing floor
The midnight crowd is watching
The stupid cabaret.

Applause.
Glasses clink.
Louder the music sounds.

A dancing!
beautiful is
girl

Flower—face.
like painted
her

Cigarette smoke dims the room.
Men and women seem but eyes agleam,
Eyes, glancing at

The dancing.
girl is
who

Passionate thought eyes,

Leering, jeering!
sneering,

A circle of concupiscent eyes
Aglitter through the smoke.





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