Waring Cuney, "Railway Club" (1929)
Women
Pale as day,
Brown boys, darker than earth's red clay,
Golden night-girls,
Yellow as the moon—
And the throbbing pain
In a laughing jazz trio's tune . . .
Oh, earth has a savor of salt and wine.
Great God Jazz, be kind, be kind!
Published in Saturday Evening Quill, 1929