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March Moon by Langston Hughes

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The moon is naked.
The wind has undressed the moon.
The wind has blown all the cloud-garments
Off the body of the moon
And now she's naked,
Stark naked.

But why don't you blush,
O shameless moon?
Don't you know
It isn't nice to be naked?

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  1. Langston Hughes, "The Weary Blues" (full text) (1926) Amardeep Singh