On a Grey Thread/Face in the Rain
The Face in the Rain
O form! O face!Elfin face in the crowd!Form, face, white throat,Pale throat wound with a scarfPoppy red,Blood-like, red,Pale throat wound with a poppy scarfGleaming out of the crowd.
Background of grey, A rain-wet street; Shuffling, shambling Beating feet, Past the corner where four ways meet.
O face, O throat!Crimson and whiteSplashed on grey:I have thought of nothing else all day.
Misted streets, A scarf-wound throat, Fay-like face That seemed to float Through the crowd Like a wisp of song: I have thought of them all day long.