a grain silo above the river

I remember

  I've forgotten



the corner of your eye—

  kohl

applied by knife.


the crow’s eye—

image

in a game of marbles.


kites above an old muslim

city—

I think of you constantly.


  Sex  


a wasp nestles

in an orchid;

the sun—a river.



shadows

in the pond -

a ghost's ghost.


  Goa


the ocean thinks—

shifting

constellations.


Disappointment: honey poured over a knife.


carrying the moon away—

  night-owls.


rain tapping on the roof,

  a wolf—


Pulling back your

  black black hair, teeth

clenched, kissed:

  a thousand jasmines

  a thousand violets


  Diana.


a black stream has drowned me:

  her hair,

  her voice.