Susan M. Boogher. The Harlot's Child. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Harlot’s Child

By Susan M. Boogher


SHE is a little downy
Baby-thing,
With eyes as quick as mirrors
To give back what she sees.
And she has a sidelong way	5
Of peeking in the corners
Of Life’s eyes
As though she begged a chance
To please,
As though she promised	10
To agree.
She knows somehow the colors of the world
Are fast:
Chameleon of soul, she sets herself
To acquiesce.	15