Ezra Pound,
Lustra — To a Friend Writing on Cabaret Dancers
(1916)
“ Say "Forget To-morrow," being of all men The most prudent, orderly, and decorous! "Pepita" has no to-morrow, so you write. Pepita has such to-morrows: with the hands puffed out, The pug-dog's features encrusted with tallow Sunk in a frowsy collar—an unbrushed black. ”
Ezra Pound,
Lustra — To a Friend Writing on Cabaret Dancers
(1916)
“ Will be quite rich, quite plump, with pug-bitch features, With a black tint staining your cuticle, Prudent and svelte Pepita. "Poète, writ me a poème!" Spanish and Paris, love of the arts part of your geisha-culture! Euhenia, in short skirts, slaps her wide stomach, Pulls up a roll of fat for the pianist, "Pauvre femme maigre!" she says. He sucks his chop bone, That some one else has paid for, grins up an amiable grin, Explains the decorations. Good Hedgethorn, they all have futures, All these people. ”
Ezra Pound,
Lustra — To a Friend Writing on Cabaret Dancers
(1916)
“ Nell Gwynn's still here, despite the reformation, And Edward's mistresses still light the stage, A glamour of classic youth in their deportment. The prudent whore is not without her future, Her bourgeois dulness is deferred. ”
