Melissa

M ELISSA lisps a little bit; I wis
Melissa wisses Lillith lisped like that!
Melissa, from her instep to her hat,
Is lithe and Lillith-like … or thinks she is.
She is six Sirens and Semiramis,
Four Serpents, Phryne, and a Vampire Bat,
Two Cleopatras and a Leopard Cat,
And thinks the world is dizzy for her kiss.

She'd like to have you know she's dangerous
As Venus dressed décolleté in foam—
But, really, 'Lissy never wrecked a home,
And wouldn't if she could; the whole damned fuss
Is just a literary kind of pose
She writes, has bunions, and—Good God! her Nose!
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