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MILADY SKY
1
Seferis sky
she unbuttons her clothes
a pomegranate splits
into a scatter of stars
2
Moon strip
the moon en deshabille
in a froth of clouds
lets slip the haze from her shoulders
and bursts forth bare and golden
as she bathes in the pool of night
3
Make up
you wear sunlight
the way women wear make up
or wish they could
a casual stroking on
a splash on the cheek bones
a wash of gold
happy or sad you glow
all the rest is reflection
the dust motes dance on your skin
leaning close
I breathe dust and gold
TIGERISMS
1
The evening tiger stalked over the horizon
Black gold black gold black
The last trail of sparks
Sinking into night
2
White on black
The tiger springs by moonlight
First snow fall
3
The paper tiger stalks the garden
Stippled with those words of love
That once went beyond form to feeling
Now all substance gone
They haunt the shadows of no meaning
Measuring the territory
This space yours
This mine
In the tiger's eyes the yellow
Of a splintered moon reflects a broken anger
Origami emotions perhaps
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