| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | The Beauty Lover | | By Claire Bu Zard |
| | (From A Second Pagan Anthology, 1919) |
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THE ROUND, pink, laughing girl bathes, | |
| And the thin, grey, silent girl watches. | |
| …. And afterwards, | |
| When the bather dries herself, | |
| And puts powder under her arms, | 5 |
| And lies down, like a sleepy flower,— | |
| The grey girl catches her around the hips, violently, | |
| And kisses her: | |
| Surprised, the pink girl draws away; | |
| And the grey girl— | 10 |
| (Poor little restless lover of beauty)— | |
| Apologizes | |
| And is ashamed. | | | |
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