Harlequin
N. Muhly
Gleaming like a solar spectrum,
The slender Harlequin
Accosts the sad old servant
And rumples her great cape.
To quiet her quick temper
He makes a sequin shine.
Gleaming like a solar spectrum,
The slender Harlequin.
Now the sad old woman, pocketing her fee,
Brings Columbine to the roguish knave.
He sings out gleefully,
Gleaming like a solar spectrum.