At The Waldorf
At the Waldorf
Where desserts are done in art deco
And abstractions in chocolate
Twist in many shapes
Everything is golden
The lobby a cathedral
Large and brightly lit
At a table draped in white linen
Like an altar prepared
For solemn High Mass
I study the ceiling
Done in Greek revival
Where reliefs of nudes
In white plaster
Resemble marble
At the Waldorf
Where words are whispered
Like prayers of the devout
At an altar
Draped in white vestments
And in gilded murals
On Peacock Alley
Where I see a sugar-coated sunrise
Over the rundown landscape
Of the far eastside
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