Fine Clothes to the Jew/Closing Time

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CLOSING TIME
Starter!
 Her face is pale In the doorway light. Her lips blood red And her skin blue white.
Taxi!
 I'm tired.
Deep . . . River. . . .
 O, God, please!
The river and the moon hold memories.
 Cornets play. Dancers whirl. Death, be kind
What was the cover charge, kid?
 To a little drowned girl.
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