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Caroling Dusk/Confession

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Donald Jeffrey Hayes4758207Caroling Dusk — Confession1927Countee Cullen

CONFESSION

She kneeled before me beggingThat I should with a prayerGive her absolution(How golden was her hair!)
She begged an absolutionWhile the moments fledShe thought my tears were pity(My soul her lips were red !)
She begged of me forgivenessGod you understand(For pale and soft and slenderWas her dainty hand!)
She begged that I should pray YouThat her Soul might restBut I could not pray O Master(Ivory was her breast!)