Your chesire-cat smile made the moonlight
a fire-well; I was diminished to ashes in which
you inscribed your name.
The following night you doused me,
we kissed till the rain stopped. You played
with sea-shells after the tide.
Third night I was facing a firing squad.
They all waited for your order which was never
to come. You cracked jokes with some, pulled
their cheeks, ruffled their hair
and forgave me.
On the last night the planet quivered,
a serious gorge cracked open between our hearts.
You smiled that benign smile of yours, and said
what can you do if the earth pulls you
aside
a fire-well; I was diminished to ashes in which
you inscribed your name.
The following night you doused me,
we kissed till the rain stopped. You played
with sea-shells after the tide.
Third night I was facing a firing squad.
They all waited for your order which was never
to come. You cracked jokes with some, pulled
their cheeks, ruffled their hair
and forgave me.
On the last night the planet quivered,
a serious gorge cracked open between our hearts.
You smiled that benign smile of yours, and said
what can you do if the earth pulls you
aside
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