i listen with star flung ears as she shivers on the greenblack waves tonight I will leave this grass and white flowers and my sack of bones on the ground
The Mermaid After Pablo Neruda All the men were inside by the fire When she entered, utterly naked. They laughed and threw ashes at her that stuck to her flesh. One took a poker and prodded her.
In the middle of the night I get up for a glass of water and look back at you Your body slender and curved Like a spoon. I smell your hair and you wake up crumpled and content. We have been