FREYTAG-LORINGHOVEN, Elsa von

Appalling Heart

City stir—wind on eardrum—

dancewind: herbstained—

flowerstained—silken—rustling—

tripping—swishing—frolicking—

courtesing—careening—brushing—

flowing—lying down—bending—

teasing—kissing: treearms—grass—

limbs—lips.

City stir on eardrum—.

In night lonely

peers—:

moon—riding!

pale—with beauty aghast—

too exalted to share!

in space blue—rides she away from mine chest—

illumined strangely—

appalling sister!

Herbstained—flowerstained—

shellscented—seafaring—

foresthunting—junglewise—

desert gazing—

rides heart from chest—

lashing with beauty—

afleet—

across chimney—

tinfoil river

to meet

another’s dark heart!

Bless mine feet!


Body Sweats

Body

Sweats

Mind

Rags

Agony

Unceasing—

Heartleech

Bloodseeps

Agony

Unceasing—

Life

Pollensweet

Diebitterness

Churn

Unceasing—

Figure

To

Flee—

Shape

Unceasing

Top

Me.