Reversed

SHE SAYS

REVERSED

She walked the way of marionettes

And Jimmy pulled the string a bit-

Oh, many a woman fumes and frets

At less than Jimmy did with it.

He made her nod-and no regrets-

One string of all he might have used.

She walked the way of marionettes

And had the grace to be amused.

She had the grace to nod assent,

She on the stage and he behind.

He could not know what the gesture meant,

That he was the toy, and she the mind.

LEAN WIND

A lean wind, a lank wind

Baying like a hound

Running in a chill gust

Over frozen ground-