Vol. 56 No. 1 1989 - page 129

it's necessary
for us to be mindful of the most fearsome goodness ever given
by one man to another
love
resembles two glasses at a moment of enthusiasm
ding
flash
shatterings
remember Maria Alcaforado
and Noel Bouton de Chamilly
Jettchen and Heinrich von Kleist
our friend Vladimir and the famous Lily
goddamn it
it happened that we always sought
precisely that which cannot be
high in some heavenly Aetnas some mountainous seas
at the distance of a deserted soul
there flourishes yet it seems
the
almond of the world.
go on my tear go on
take the heavenly roads
this vigil is for you.
V. (One more cigarette
which lasts till we expire
for two or three minutes of life
with really superb moments
courtyards where we incomprehensibly grew up
and you bitter one who made it your obstinate purpose
to find and pick - think of it -
the
almond of
the
world
but just your hand remained
to write some white
poems on the black page
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