Clothes: to compose br The furtive, lone br Pillar of bone br To some repose. br br To let hands shirk br Utterance behind br A pocket's blind br Deceptive smirk. br br To mask, belie br The undue haste br Of breast for breast br Or thigh for thigh. br br To screen, conserve br The pose, when death br Half strips the sheath br And leaves the nerve. br br To edit, glose br Lyric desire br And slake its fire br In polished prose.