Feb 06

No Images (Waring Cuney)

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No Images, by William Waring Cuney (1906-1976)

She does not know
her beauty,
she thinks her brown body
has no glory.

 

If she could dance
naked
under palm trees
and see her image in the river,
she would know.

 

But there are no palm trees
on the street,
and dish water gives back
no images.

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