"
The wind uhe door.
"What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?"
Nothing again nothing.
"Do
"You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember
"Nothing?"
I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
"Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?"
But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag -
Its so elegant
So intelligent
"What shall I do now? What shall I do?"
I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
"With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow?
"What shall we ever do?"
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.
When Lils husband got demobbed, I said -
I didnt mince my words, I said to her myself,
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Alberts ing back, make yourself a bit smart.
Hell want to know what you doh that money he gave you
To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there.
You have them all out, Lil, a a ,
He said, I swear, I t bear to look at you.
And no more t I, I said, and think of poor Albert,
Hes been in the army four years, he wants a good time,
And if you dont give it him, theres others will, I said.
Oh is there, she said. Something o that, I said.
Then Ill know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look.
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you dont like it you get on with it, I said.
Others pid choose if you t.
But if Albert makes off, it wont be for lack of telling.
You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.
(And her only thirty-one.)
I t help it, she said, pulling a long face,
Its them pills I took, t it off, she said.
(Shes had five already, an
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