02-03-2024, 10:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-03-2024, 10:55 PM by TranquillityBase.)
At the dogpark today
a lithe tanned demimonde
with a diamond in her nose
looked at me,
as you first looked at me,
the challenge to come hither.
Now you’re a school teacher in Queens,
then, a princess who appeared after dark,
to carry me off to adventures in heartbreak.
Not so much a vision, but not excluded
by the countdown:
Liebe dauert oder dauert nicht,
an dem oder jedem Ort.
But I am marooned by old age
and this poem is my musket
with powder and ball for a single shot
and a choice.
An earthly goddess chose me,
dare I choose the shot?
Much better to wait for a goddess
than to interrupt a countdown.
a lithe tanned demimonde
with a diamond in her nose
looked at me,
as you first looked at me,
the challenge to come hither.
Now you’re a school teacher in Queens,
then, a princess who appeared after dark,
to carry me off to adventures in heartbreak.
Not so much a vision, but not excluded
by the countdown:
Liebe dauert oder dauert nicht,
an dem oder jedem Ort.
But I am marooned by old age
and this poem is my musket
with powder and ball for a single shot
and a choice.
An earthly goddess chose me,
dare I choose the shot?
Much better to wait for a goddess
than to interrupt a countdown.

