We went to Lido in the hour of sunset
Under the thin net of the rain
You went away not giving the answer
I fell asleep descending to the wave
My sleep was light and stretching the arms
I heard the slow plash of waves
The ardent shiver of sounds enticed
Enamoured with the bird, the witch
And gull - the bird, and gull - the virgin
Fell down and floated in the waves
Of the amorous tune in which
you always were within my soul.
8/10/2000