book of autumn thirst: you know the ivy woven underpasses
[book of autumn thirst]
you know the ivy woven underpasses
you know the ivy woven underpasses? 1
you know what it did to us? 2
what was done was done 3
in vain. 4
where we danced we danced 5
in rain, 6
in the steps of the museum 7
we watched an iron man’s hammer fall and rise 8
and laughed about 9
rust and afrika and 10
eshu elegba was there 11
throwing bones, sounding so young, 12
whispering to me his wherewithal of 13
unwelcome things– 14
not laws but things he knew about you 15
because eshu knows a little about every little thing. 16
and i’ve lost another friend to the belief that i could love 17
and i’ve lost another lover to the faith that i knew god. 18
but the ivy tell me i’ve been right; 19
on the mornings when there is sunlight leaves 20
dead girls at the foot of my bed. 21
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