| Virgo
Through Scorpio
was
real
but now it's gone
another summer
and another time
In
other cloisters
time put on a veil
and walking slow and pale
beneath
behind beside the moon
cast shadows and cast spells
In
the lacunae between events
deep holes the void lie stagnant
Into these we
cast our hopes and fears
as though we cast a ribbon
and a snake emerges
twined
about our quarry
on the far side of the moon
on the far side of the room
fate
is twined by wishes
and by the timeless I Oh
it will be so cruel
when you cast me away
you will take weeks
to get
round to telling me
while vipers wreathe our bed
you'll veil your eyes
and
move your heart
will I see still
illusions on the shell
and sitting close
beside you
whisper no-one's name You
see the moon
has blossomed snow petals
on a cream lake
Tomorrow's fancy
was
my special child -
spoilt and unreal
it cries the moon back into place
pulls
forth the full bloom Ah,
what-could-be
I love you
already she has sung me
back to fragrance Hear
the crystals
now tintagelling
Guinevere's vacillation
See she moves her
feet
her hips clasp that
mouth which dances
but I have no clue
how
to receive the grail which
was real
and now is gone another
summer
another time
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