William Carlos Williams - Danse Russe lyrics

If when my wife is sleeping And the baby and Kathleen Are sleeping And the sun is a flame-white disc In silken mists Above shining trees,- If I in my north room Dance naked, grotesquely Before my mirror Waving my shirt round my head And singing softly to myself: "I am lonely, lonely I was born to be lonely I am best so!" If I admire my arms, my face My shoulders, flanks, bu*tocks Against the yellow drawn shades,- Who shall say I am not The happy genius of my household?