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Poem
May 4, 1953
The Home Journal
Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas County, Virgin Islands
What is this article about?
A lyrical address to Music, personified as a fallen angel corrupted by modern popular culture's frivolities like dance halls, mambo, and calypso, yearning for its return to celestial, classical purity.
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To A Fallen Angel
By Cyril Creque
So YOU are Music!
Popular today through your bewitching use of rouge and lipstick,
Your open sporting of jungle briefs as proper clothing.
Your binding of my home town with free-love frivolities.
Any Sunday or week-day or night
The bulging dance hall grips you,
Tosses you to and fro in the jam.
From the scantily-clad mambo to the stark-naked calypso
Like a helpless leaf in contrary winds.
No wonder, my dearly beloved,
I see
But can hardly recognize you any longer
Except now and then when you grow tired of the marathon,
Become a bit serious and thoughtful,
Break away from indecent devotions of your idolaters,
Retire from their noisy pleasure places.
Take a cleansing bath and come back to me transformed,
Wearing the celestial finery which immortal composers of then and now,
In loving gratitude, gave to you.
By Cyril Creque
So YOU are Music!
Popular today through your bewitching use of rouge and lipstick,
Your open sporting of jungle briefs as proper clothing.
Your binding of my home town with free-love frivolities.
Any Sunday or week-day or night
The bulging dance hall grips you,
Tosses you to and fro in the jam.
From the scantily-clad mambo to the stark-naked calypso
Like a helpless leaf in contrary winds.
No wonder, my dearly beloved,
I see
But can hardly recognize you any longer
Except now and then when you grow tired of the marathon,
Become a bit serious and thoughtful,
Break away from indecent devotions of your idolaters,
Retire from their noisy pleasure places.
Take a cleansing bath and come back to me transformed,
Wearing the celestial finery which immortal composers of then and now,
In loving gratitude, gave to you.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Satire Society
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Fallen Angel
Music Personified
Popular Culture
Dance Halls
Calypso
Classical Composers
Moral Critique
What entities or persons were involved?
By Cyril Creque
Poem Details
Title
To A Fallen Angel
Author
By Cyril Creque
Subject
Address To Music As A Fallen Angel
Key Lines
So You Are Music!
From The Scantily Clad Mambo To The Stark Naked Calypso
Like A Helpless Leaf In Contrary Winds.
Take A Cleansing Bath And Come Back To Me Transformed,
Wearing The Celestial Finery Which Immortal Composers Of Then And Now,