Advice: A Book of Poems

<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</SPAN></span> <h2 class="nobreak">COLUMBINE REFLECTS</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="verse">They have moulded my face with a tear and a sneer.</div> <div class="verse">They have sandalled me with caprice,</div> <div class="verse">And the heart they have given me</div> <div class="verse">Is a bag of red tissue-paper.</div> <div class="verse">Their loves are ragged and fat</div> <div class="verse">And seek the consolation</div> <div class="verse">Of a tinkling effigy!</div> <div class="verse">But even an effigy may wink</div> <div class="verse">An eye at its slinking masters!</div> <div class="verse">I can laugh at their frantic, tattered arms</div> <div class="verse">Spinning me into impish posturings,</div> <div class="verse">And jeer at the faces behind me!</div> <div class="verse">After my play I go to sleep,</div> <div class="verse">But they must sit, heavily looking at each other.</div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />