| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Exposition of the Contents of a Cab | | By Wallace Stevens |
| | From “Pecksniffiana”
VICTORIA CLEMENTINA, negress, | |
| Took seven white dogs | |
| To ride in a cab. | |
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| Bells of the dogs chinked. | |
| Harness of the horses shuffled | 5 |
| Like brazen shells. | |
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| Oh-hé-hé! Fragrant puppets | |
| By the green lake-pallors, | |
| She too is flesh, | |
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| And a breech-cloth might wear, | 10 |
| Netted of topaz and ruby | |
| And savage blooms; | |
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| Thridding the squawkiest jungle | |
| In a golden sedan, | |
| White dogs at bay. | 15 |
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| What breech-cloth might you wear— | |
| Except linen, embroidered | |
| By elderly women? | | | | |
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