Sunday, June 13, 2004

SHE CALLS ME RAIN

i play tennis dressed in black
and knit sweaters of steel wool.
a twisted rag lying in the
street is a maimed dog.
its cries follow me home
drowning out teakettles and
saxophones.

she hoped for babies and tulips.
i am stray cats and
tumbleweed.

12/8/87

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