| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| Dust |
| | | Dorothy Anderson |
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| WHAT is dust? | |
| Ashes of love, charred letters, faded heliotrope, | |
| Rose petals fallen from a dead hand, | |
| Spiders, bats, deserted houses, crumbling citadels, | |
| And wheel ruts where vanished armies have passed. | 5 |
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| Is that all? | |
| Oh, dust is sun and laughter, | |
| Circuses, parasols, preening pigeons, | |
| Lovers picnicking by the roadside, | |
| And ragamuffins tumbling in the warm lanes. | 10 |
| Dust is rainbow webs caught in sweet, hot smelling hedges, | |
And it is dust that keeps my eyes from being blinded by the stars!
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