AFTERWARD

AFTERWARD

NOW I remember very plain:A sumac leaf was red,The bloom of grape was on the hills,The river was a twisted thread.That day I marked not leaf nor hill,Nor rivers to the sea—I was my lover’s garden closed,I was his tower of ivory.

NOW I remember very plain:A sumac leaf was red,The bloom of grape was on the hills,The river was a twisted thread.That day I marked not leaf nor hill,Nor rivers to the sea—I was my lover’s garden closed,I was his tower of ivory.

NOW I remember very plain:A sumac leaf was red,The bloom of grape was on the hills,The river was a twisted thread.

That day I marked not leaf nor hill,Nor rivers to the sea—I was my lover’s garden closed,I was his tower of ivory.


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