after Sappho LP 30.2-9

after Sappho LP 30.2-9







maidenhair fern [

some lilac morning contentedly licking the air [

check a cry nightlong from another’s manic fidelity or their

vein-pale purple celibate machine.

Don’t move, lie. Stay close and await the lovers [

in advance of their age so that [

you may hear less stillness than the harvest-time [

moaning dove.