CROWDS

By Evelyn Scott

The bloated moon

Has sickly leaves glistening against her

Like flies on a fat white face.

The thick-witted drunkard on the park bench

Touches a girl's breast

That throbs with its own ruthless and stupid delight.

The new-born child crawls in his mother's filth.

Life, the sleep walker,

Lifts toward the skies

An immense gesture of indecency.