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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 09: Cabaret

by Conrad Aiken

 We sit together and talk, or smoke in silence.
You say (but use no words) 'this night is passing
As other nights when we are dead will pass . . .'
Perhaps I misconstrue you: you mean only,
'How deathly pale my face looks in that glass . . .'

You say: 'We sit and talk, of things important . . .
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Form: Free verse

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 09: Cabaret

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