Monday, December 27, 2021

Jean Toomer


Jean Toomer 

Alfred Stieglitz


A Portrait In Georgia

Hair-braided chestnut, 
coiled like a lyncher's rope, 
Eyes-fagots, 
Lips-old scars, or the first red blisters, 
Breath-the last sweet scent of cane, 
And her slim body, white as the ash 
of black flesh after flame.

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