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" perhaps the answer is simply one:
one female angel dancing alone in her stocking feet,
a small jazz combo working in the background.

She sways like a branch in the wind, her beautiful
eyes closed, and the tall thin bassist leans over
to glance at his watch because she has been dancing
forever, and now it is very late, even for musicians. "

Billy Collins , Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems


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Billy Collins quote : perhaps the answer is simply one:<br />one female angel dancing alone in her stocking feet,<br />a small jazz combo working in the background.<br /><br />She sways like a branch in the wind, her beautiful<br />eyes closed, and the tall thin bassist leans over<br />to glance at his watch because she has been dancing<br />forever, and now it is very late, even for musicians.