• We talked as Girls do —

    Fond, and late —

    We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave —

    Of ours, none affair —


    We handled Destinies, as cool —

    As we — Disposers — be —

    And God, a Quiet Party

    To our Authority —


    But fondest, dwelt upon Ourself

    As we...

  • We talked with each other about each other

    Though neither of us spoke —

    We were listening to the seconds' Races

    And the Hoofs of the Clock —

    Pausing in Front of our Palsied Faces

    Time compassion took —

    Arks of Reprieve he offered to us —

    Ararats — we took —