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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIRELIGHT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD TO THE ROCK THAT WILL BE A CORNERSTONE OF THE HOUSE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. CHARLES BLISS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS PLANKED WHITEFISH by CARL SANDBURG |