Arrival

William Carlos Williams

And yet one arrives somehow,
finds himself loosening the hooks of
her dress
in a strange bedroom—
feels the autumn
dropping its silk and linen leaves
about her ankles.
The tawdry veined body emerges
twisted upon itself
like a winter wind . . . !

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• William Carlos Williams : Complete Destruction
• William Carlos Williams : Daisy
• William Carlos Williams : Danse Russe
• William Carlos Williams : Dawn

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