“
It was
noon,
that unhappy
hour of
the day
when she
was
oldest,
tiredest,
when it seemed
the sun
put forth
cruel fingers
to search
out the sign of
age on
her
thin, pinched
face.
”
The Virgin
“
It was
noon,
that unhappy
hour of
the day
when she
was
oldest,
tiredest,
when it seemed
the sun
put forth
cruel fingers
to search
out the sign of
age on
her
thin, pinched
face.
”
