Cane/Portrait in Georgia

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Cane
by Jean Toomer
Portrait in Georgia
3018462Cane — Portrait in GeorgiaJean Toomer

Hair—braided chestnut, coiled like a lyncher’s rope,

Eyes—fagots,

Lips—old scars, or the first red blisters,

Breath—the last sweet scent of cane,

And her slim body, white as the ash of black flesh after flame.