if I had a shining head
and people turned to stare at me
on the trams;
and I could stretch my body
in the sparkling water
and keep pace with fish and water snakes;
if I could ruin my feathers
in flight before the sun;
do you think I would stay in this room,
reciting poems to you,
and making outrageous dreams
with the slightest movements of your mouth?
these eroics L.C