If She Could Dance Naked

No Images

She does not know
Her Beauty,
She thinks her brown body
Has no glory

If she could dance
Naked,
Under palm trees
And see her image in the river
She would know.

But there are no palm trees
On the street
And dish water gives back no images.

-Waring Cuney
(1906 - 1976)

Images from Bergdorf Goodman Magazine Resort/Holiday 2008