The Mind
Advice to a Woman
From Advice (1920)
The Mind
The sloping lines of your shoulders
Speak of Chinese pagodas.
They clash with your western face
Where child and courtesan
Clasp each other in a feigned embrace.
Life, to you, is a liquid mirror.
You stand with delicate, perpetual amazement,
Vainly seeking your reflection.
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MLA
Bodenheim, Maxwell. “Advice to a Woman.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bodenheim/12/.
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Bodenheim, Maxwell. “Advice to a Woman.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bodenheim/12/.
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