Flooding lights on tarred earth
I watched, sipping silent tea.
Among the lights watching me,
Drowned us, along the dust.
Our domesticated advances
The tamed guileless glances,
Ceded in beads and words.
Touching the lip of gods..

And frozen memories.
Slaves to dancing minds
Clear frost of charmed dreams.
Hands, palms, fingers to them.
Shoulders seeking shoulder.

Children on old shoes,
Crippled legs, crippled steps.
Sleep strolling before clock hands.