Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922.
VIII. Circles of Doors5. Dancer
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Brilliant as the shine of a pepper crimson in the summer sun,
She behind a false-face, the much sought-after dancer, the most sought-after dancer of all in this masquerade,
The lady in red sox and red hat, ankles of willow, crimson arrow amidst the Spanish clashes of music,
watching her dance first with one man
and then another.