in pursuit of you from the basis of this armistice, when in the swelter of this afternoon I wish you realer than anything imagined, in confidence that I may arrive at a hunted answer.
But the question, when hurled, broke into the wet back of mound’s infinite silence, like a dog with its paw leaving dog-signatures on the bedspread,
at twilight, flowers shift from grace to melancholy, rail of stars in sight now,
I amongst the darkness, waiting – wishing you again underneath the dome of this immense night,
prying amongst stones their language of truthfulness: Have I not loved enough?