Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1921/Allegiance

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ALLEGIANCE
I have not forgotten yetSkin that chokes like mignonette,I who drank myself to deathWith the apples of your breath,I who blasphemously wentInto your beauty's tenement,I who eagerly confessedUpon the altar of your breast.
I who falter in the snareOf your canary-colored hair,Sacredly could not forgetSkin that chokes like mignonette.
The BookmanHildegarde Flanner

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