Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 11. HER ACERBITY IN THE MATTER OF CLOTHES, by HUMBERT WOLFE


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THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 11. HER ACERBITY IN THE MATTER OF CLOTHES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Then, as to her dresses, / she kept in the attic
Last Line: To go with her hat.
Subject(s): Fairies; Elves


THEN, as to her dresses,
she kept in the attic
a bevy of silkworms,
and worked them emphatic
at widening petals,
and taking a seam
in a gown that a spider
had stitched in a dream;
or at hemming a jacket
of thistledown puff
with an eyelash to tack it,
when slender enough;
or at using his whole skin,
bequeathed by a gnat,
to make her a moleskin
to go with her hat.





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