Poetry of Eli Siegel
In White, Having Also Red
The lady in white who travelled—
And red in her also—
How graspable she is,
Holdable, touchable.
Now she’s in Arizona,
Going fast, going fast,
In a train, in a train.
Now she walks the aisle,
And gets a glass of water.
Holdable, graspable, touchable
Girl in Arizona,
Going fast, going fast,
Going down the aisle,
To drink some water;
To drink some water,
Girl in white,
Having also red.
From The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known #344 (Aesthetic Realism Foundation)
© 1928, 1979 by Eli Siegel