To pursue an unnatural passion more sacred to me than any other life lived Is an adventure Hung over the palace of desire like a dancer Head thrown back Like the slow flash of a jewel Her limber body bent Her waist hugged by voluptuous shadows She almost dangles Like *** the play of kittens clawing invisible velvet lovers With one arm raised Held within a hand of indifference to everything else That which she imagines for herself and her beloved