Matisse's daughter Marguerite a ballerina
The orchestra & the singers
On the museum wall in paper & paint
Toe shoes pink & satin
Long flowing skirts
Blanched almond
Her chestnut hair pulled back
Save
Just
A
Curl
I walk into the theater
Arches & seas & lands & Muses
I walk into the arena
& there I sit & there I see
Great boats great armies
Orange curls
Orange songs
The Gates
Doors & windows
&
A golden harp under a peach star
Ah! The Ballet Matisse
Ah!
A curl
A cry a smile a dream
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La jazz est la danse!