The Ghetto and Other Poems by Lola Ridge
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Garbles Max Stirner.
His words knock each other like little wooden blocks. No one heeds him, And a lank boy with hair over his eyes Pounds upon the table. --He is chairman. Egos yet in the primer, Hearing world-voices Chanting grand arias... Majors resonant, Stunning with sound... Baffling minors Half-heard like rain on pools... Majestic discordances Greater than harmonies... --Gleaning out of it all Passion, bewilderment, pain... Egos yearning with the world-old want in their eyes-- Hurt hot eyes that do not sleep enough... Striving with infinite effort, Frustrate yet ever pursuing The great white Liberty, Trailing her dissolving glory over each hard-won barricade-- Only to fade anew... Egos crying out of unkempt deeps And waving their dreams like flags-- Multi-colored dreams, |
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