Yehudit likes
the Mahler 6th
Naaman has given her

but says he ought not
to spend
his money on her

he likes her
he thinks of her
all the time

even when he's away
from her
and she's at home

or abroad
like that first time
when she went Belgium  

and sent him
a postcard
of a Russian artist's

artwork
and he pinned it
to his bed board

along with the photo
of her she'd given him
and he likes

how her fair hair
flows as she walks
the mild wind

taking it
and her eyes
icy blue

like small pools
and he wants
to swim there

and sink in deeper
to find her soul
(sentimental fool

he later thought)
and she has the small
but most delicate

******* he's seen
and held them
and kissed them

that time
at her house
when her parents

were out
after she'd played
some Mozart minuet

on the piano
and he'd almost got
into her *******

when the parents' car
came into the drive
and they had

to sort out
their clothes
and he carried away

the softness
of the *******
I prefer his 2nd symphony

she says
but I'll like the 6th too
and she tucks it

under her arm
as she walks with him
along the country lane

the moon out
and the stars spread
about the sky

and the parents are in
and he is out
the evening cool

the hedgerows
becoming dark shadows
and he smelling

her scent
and nearby
an owl hoots

and a bird
takes flight
and he walking

next to her
in an August night.