The Sardonic Arm. Maxwell Bodenheim

Of stifled mystics defying Time.

       Yellow roses in your black hair

       Can become to certain eyes

       The trivial details of emotion.

       Yellow roses in your black hair

       Often embarrass passing philosophers

       Who suddenly realize

       That they have been furtively snatching at color and light.

      Shop-girl, in the midst of your frolic,

       Take this portrait without surprise.

       Portraits are merely pretexts.

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