Banking

by Fanny Howe

(reprinted from AGNI 33)

He was a cold-hearted Saxon
whose sex was as busy as a farm
and left the room warm
with the scent of hounds

Believe me, he could have had it with anyone—
man or woman—but he wanted to be good

These are the dangerous ones

 

(from AGNI 33 & 56)

Fanny Howe’s most recent publications are The Deep North (Sun and Moon Books), Famous Questions (Available Press), and The Vineyard (Lost Roads). (1991)