Virtue

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Virtue

Now? Why⁠—

whirl-pools of

orange and purple flame

feather twists of chrome

on a green ground

funneling down upon

the steaming phallus-head

of the mad sun himself⁠—

blackened crimson!

Now?

Why⁠—

it is the smile of her

the smell of her

the vulgar inviting mouth of her!

It is⁠—Oh, nothing new

nothing that lasts

an eternity, nothing worth

putting out to interest,

nothing⁠—

but the fixing of an eye

concretely upon emptiness!

Come! here are⁠—

cross-eyed men, a boy

with a patch, men walking

in their shirts, men in hats

dark men, a pale man

with little black moustaches

and a dirty white coat,

fat men with pudgy faces,

thin faces, crooked faces

slit eyes, grey eyes, black eyes

old men with dirty beards,

men in vests with

gold watch chains. Come!