And yet one arrives somehow,
finds himself loosening the hooks of
her dress
in a strange bedroom-
feels the autumn
dropping its silk and linen leaves
about her ankles.
The tawdry veined body emerges
twisted upon itself
like a winter wind . . . !
Arrival
William Carlos Williams
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Pheona malid: This poem is so tourching, i have liked it, however it is some how related to mine.
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