Acrobats -- cruelly torturing muscles Which submit, even as they threaten retribution. An emaciated fool and a hard-faced girl in sequins Mock, with outworn quips, marriage and children. A Jew, with sensual simper, leads on four dancing girls -- Their bodies are beautiful, and fat men with small eyes clap loudly. A superb violinist plays -- and is encored twice -- He does not smile as he returns to bow. Birdland, with garish hangings, live cockatoos, and parrots screaming. A snow-white bird picks out the letters which spell the President's name. Gorgeous tropical kings hop and jump at the shrill command of a painted woman with false hair. Jazz, tearing at the nerves, announces two comedians. They dance without rhythm or grace. They joke without humor or wit. The audience roars! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 7. THE IMPOSSIBILITY by PHILIP AYRES THE INNOCENT MAGICIAN; OR, A CHARM AGAINST LOVE by PHILIP AYRES PSALM 38. DOMINE NE IN FURORE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE WIDOW TO HER HOUR-GLASS by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD AMONG THE LAKES by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB IN THE GRASS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |