In Other Words/The Stinging of V. Catullus, Esq.
The Stinging of V. Catullus, Esq.
(Which is his 70th Ode, dry-cleaned and rekalsomined)
Myrtilla says that there is none So strong, so fine, so cavalierly,From New Rochelle to Evanston,As yours sincerely.
She says that no one else is half So utterly attractive to her,That she’d give Jove himself the laughIf he should woo her.
I say she SAYS so . . . Ah, I find The words of Eve’s most lovely daughterOught to be written on the windIn running water!