Cinderella
The prince leans to the girl in scarlet heels,
Her green eyes slant, hair flaring in a
fan
Of silver as the rondo slows; now reels
Begin on tilted violins to span
The whole revolving tall glass palace hall
Where guests slide gliding
into light like wine;
Rose candles flicker on the lilac wall
Reflecting in a
million flagons' shine,
And glided couples all in whirling trance
Follow holiday revel begun long since,
Until near twelve the strange girl all at
once
Guilt-stricken halts, pales, clings to the prince
As amid the
hectic music and cocktail talk
She hears the caustic ticking of the clock.
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