Saturday, April 16, 2011

After Szechwan

The mama cradled her baby,
humming on her porch,
wood-shingled and rain-worn.
Ho la di de, ho la di da.

Sometimes there is a boy in your mind
and you fall into him,
your body sprinkling apart in joyous blue--now your blue--
a color you jump into,
canyon of sky.

I shout! I kick!
I run run run

How could I ever explain to you all,
you masses,
how deeply I want to hold you?