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Do you believe in fairies?

Chapter 18: NEW YEAR’S DAY
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A collection of short fantasies and lyrical poems written with a childlike eye, presenting whimsical encounters with fairies, goblins, and other small marvels set against ordinary streets and countryside. Narrative vignettes follow children and curious adults into secret glades, enchanted stones, and musical charms, while interleaved rhymes, ballades, and reflective sketches touch on adolescence, religion, city nights, and domestic humor. The pieces blend playful imagination with mild melancholy and moral observation, inviting readers to rediscover wonder in commonplace scenes through concise storylets and musical verse.

NEW YEAR’S DAY

An evening dress in a window ...
Sheer,
Crimson;
An ostrich fan beside it ...
Soft
Willowy.
Outside the hard cold glass,
A woman.
Pale cheeked,
Red nosed,
Clutches a furless muff
And pulls her frayed coat collar
About her scrawny neck.
Gentleman in a high hat,
Tan gloves,
Yellow cane,
Fur coat.
Buys spring flowers
From a dirty-faced Greek.
Confetti in long yellow streamers,
Lying on the grey curbstone.
Shivering children
Rolling it up.