She would find me out, my
King Kong with one piercing green eye .
Find me out and have me, and not in the Biblical
Sense either, but worse, far worse ."
I fall to my knees and say,
"I will be good to you!"
She laughs, "You were never good in your life
Which has been blissfully devoted
To not being good or true to your friends .
It is this quality we love in you ."
One of her deadliest speeches . .
How "blissfully" spits from her!
So I shall not even hide in virtue .
So I shall not even cover my nakedness
In the twigs of charity that cover other men .
Was anyone more miserable?
"Yes," says Lydia, "many ."
"Many," she repeats; I shrink. "Many, many .
I'm an ant now on one of her gloves. With one
Imperial gesture, she drops
But does not kill me. Even on the floor
I am conspicuous as crystal.
II.
"The dream I had last night! It moved me so!
You and I were both silent ,
Walking silently through snow
Snow was falling silent, slow. . "
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