Disillusionment of Ten O'ClockThe houses are haunted By white nightgowns. None are green, Or purple with green rings, Or green with yellow rings, Or yellow with blue rings. None of them are strange, With socks of lace, And beaded *ceintures, People are not going, To dream of baboons and *periwinkles. Only, here and there, an old sailor, Drunk and asleep in his boots, Catches tigers In red weather. -Wallace Stevens *belts *small sea creatures very like snails |
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