Eight Harvard Poets/The Lover Speaks

THE LOVER SPEAKS

YOUR little voice
OUR little voice Over the wires came leaping
and I felt suddenly
dizzy
dizzy With the jostling and shouting of merry flowers
wee skipping high-heeled flames
courtesied before my eyes
courtesied before my eyes or twinkling over to my side
Looked up
with impertinently exquisite faces
floating hands were laid upon me
I was whirled and tossed into delicious dancing
up
Up
with the pale important
with the pale important stars and the Humorous
with the pale important stars and the Humorous moon
dear girl
How I was crazy how I cried when I heard
How I was crazy how I cried when I heard over time
and tide and death
leaping
Sweetly
Sweetly your voice