Alfred Kreymborg, ed. Others for 1919. 1920.
Evelyn Scott
Viennese Waltz
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Whirl in the silver sunshine:
Columbine stars
Float in gauze petticoats of light…
Smelling of jasmine and camphor;
Prim arms folded over immaculate breasts…
Stars and little faded faces,
Waltzing, waltzing,
Shoot slowing downward
On tinkling music,
Dusty little flowers,
Sinking into oblivion…
Quiet,
The glacial period renewed,
Monsters on earth,
A mad conflagration of worlds on ardent nights…
Silence unending.