NEW YEAR’S DAY
Reading edition
An evening dress in a window ... Sheer, Crimson; An ostrich fan beside it ... Soft Willowy. Outside the hard cold glass, A woman. Pale cheeked, Red nosed, Clutches a furless muff And pulls her frayed coat collar About her scrawny neck. Gentleman in a high hat, Tan gloves, Yellow cane, Fur coat. Buys spring flowers From a dirty-faced Greek. Confetti in long yellow streamers, Lying on the grey curbstone. Shivering children Rolling it up.