PORTRAIT OF RICH OLD LADY

Old lady talks,

Spins from her lips

Warp and woof

Of teapots, tables, napery,

Sanitary toilets,

Old bedsteads, pictures on walls,

And fine lace,

Spins a cocoon of this secondary life.

Warm and snug is old lady's belly.

Old lady makes Venus Aphrodite

Parvenue.

Old lady

Arranges places for courtesans

In warm outbuildings on back streets.