| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | City of Huge Buildings | | By Florence Kiper Frank |
| | | CITY of huge buildings into which men have poured their souls, | |
| City of innumerable schools where little children are taught and cared for, | |
| City of the great University, discussing solemn and learned questions, | |
| City of well-dressed, beautiful women, sleek, satisfied, sure of their clothes and of themselves, | |
| And their husbands sleek and satisfied also: | 5 |
| I, a common prostitute, in the wan morning buying cocaine, | |
| Ask you the meaning of it all. | | | | |
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