Portrait in Georgia

　　by Jean Toomer

　　 Hair--braided chestnut，

　　 coiled like a lyncher's rope，

　　 Eyes--fagots，

　　 Lips--old scars， or the first red blisters，

　　 Breath--the last sweet scent of cane，

　　 And her slim body， white as the ash of black flesh after flame.