Love set you going like a fat gold watch./ E" \; {' f& ~6 F" L
The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry
+ h" f0 p2 U- |2 vTook its place among the elements. Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival. New statue.% X7 B4 Q) C! b% g7 }
In a drafty museum, your nakedness# O: e# ~; l# I; W+ |. L3 i& z
Shadows our safety. We stand round blankly as walls.
8 o" r' p! B+ [) A h2 f$ @I'm no more your mother
1 _, B# D* U; A; A3 f& b% PThan the cloud that distills a mirror to reflect its own slow
+ |, W: I$ x S$ ]: ^Effacement at the wind's hand.
. K6 K+ V. y7 s" z7 |All night your moth-breath1 ~6 J; [' N( g' d( G) x9 c
Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen:转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]- V+ \$ W+ b% s0 @3 W! }
A far sea moves in my ear.
7 \9 N A; z) ^$ V2 [One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy and floral" b' \6 Z- |$ L7 j/ J) D3 I
In my Victorian nightgown.
7 G) p: O/ q* @2 m% XYour mouth opens clean as a cat's. The window square
E: x3 M1 U, D. e- AWhitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try
" |( h% p4 C$ t- JYour handful of notes;
3 ?) h- P4 ?- h$ ~$ F# W* VThe clear vowels rise like balloons. |