Wet City Night

Portrait of A.S.J. Tessimond
A.S.J. Tessimond 1902–1962

Light drunkenly reels into shadow; Blurs, slurs uneasily; Slides off the eyeballs: The segments shatter.

Tree-branches cut arc-light in ragged Fluttering wet strips. The cup of the sky-sign is filled too full; It slushes wine over.

The street-lamps dance a tarentella And zigzag down the street: They lift and fly away In a wind of lights.

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