Maxwell Bodenheim

1892 - 1954 / Mississippi / United States

The Gown You Wear

The gown you wear is curiously like sound-
Tangles of dahlia-murmurs taking shape
In shrinking, mellow sprays.
The everlasting journey of your heart
Gliding over a sleepy litany
That winds through scattered star-flowers of regrets:
The everlasting journey of your heart
Is like a fragile traveler of sound-
A murmur seeking the love that gave it birth.
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