Love
Polarity
From Harlem Shadows
Love
Nay, why reproach each other, be unkind,
For there’s no plane on which we two may meet?
Let’s both forgive, forget, for both were blind,
And life is of a day, and time is fleet.
And I am fire, swift to flame and burn,
Melting with elements high overhead,
While you are water in an earthly urn,
All pure, but heavy, and of hue like lead.
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MLA
McKay, Claude. “Polarity.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mckay/65/.
Chicago
McKay, Claude. “Polarity.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mckay/65/.
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