courtship
star-shaped pail of sand poured on rippling puddles
and underwater, mound upon mound
of akoya pearls and palm-reader
wedding lines etched upon my hands
the daybreak the dusk
copper condors in gilded frames
your bedroom walls
your bed
so low to the dusty floor
the upswept eddying
maple leaves
incense oil whorls
birthday party smoke of nightlong burnings
stuffed giraffes and lions arranged in a bassinet
for love one-eyed and earless
my love one-eyed and earless
the flowers the flower-stems
a thousand bees and you
in a sunflower meadow
on the path we trace
downtrodden leaves
are lined like your too-old hands
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