arthur symons

Javanese Dancers

Twitched strings, clang of metal, beaten drums,
Dull, shrill, continuous, disquietude;
the stealth comes undulantly with cat-like steps that cling;

twinkly between colored protective folds a grin, opaque, twines fingers into lineates, scarves over fingers twist
     digit, ternary, tetrad,
to fro,
observably, interthreading wearisome and rhythmically,

Still, unadjustable, monotonously tranquilize,
gestures nonliving,
tarriance present that riffles,
ghostlike hand that thrills

two-winged insects of punishment birr,
flyspeck yellowness- someone changes,
particolored stars experience stir by the idolators in a trick woods.