Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Window-washersMaxwell Bodenheim
From “Sketches in Color”
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Their lives measured by the strength of ropes,
The window-washers liquidly mumble little songs,
That are scooped away by the running air
As flowers are swept up by racing children….
And whose hair is scant.
You who have been carved by the white sword of the wind?”
But the window-washers stared and tapped their foreheads,
And trudged off to drink much beer.