Another Eucharist (Medley)

But splashing light, alive, suddenly menaces
Like a flower opening to absorb the sun:

The wind, forceful, lifted me
Dancing
      in iron chains
      on blue mornings
Dancing
      on my little boat
      across the windowpane
To where mountains would inspire sunshine.

You attack me on the mountainside
      we have climbed, shuddering.
Your being falters

and like the silver jaws of a monkey wrench
You assault my face
like dogs eating bananas scattered on the ground

I repel you with a laugh
deny the scene
Fantastic like a ray of lantern light
or the play of a moonbeam

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