Versos English Lola Ridge Skyscrapers

English poem

Skyscrapers

by (1873–1941)

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Skyscrapers... remote, unpartisan... Turning neither to the right nor left Your imperturbable fronts.... Austerely greeting the sun With one chilly finger of stone.... I know your secrets... better than all the policemen like fat blue mullet along the avenues.