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# At The Ball
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/at-the-ball/
- Published: 2022-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: her swanlike neck and vacant stare her gem tiara, scarlet hair her chiseled features, facile grace her lips, pursed shut as if to brace against a rough, unwanted touch...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

her swanlike neck and vacant stare  
her gem tiara, scarlet hair  
her chiseled features, facile grace  
her lips, pursed shut as if to brace  
against a rough, unwanted touch...

and mother's words: he's such a catch

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