Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Love Song by William Carlos Williams

I lie here thinking of you:—

The stain of love
is upon the world!
Yellow, yellow, yellow
it eats into the leaves,
smears with saffron
the horned branches that lean
heavily
against a smooth purple sky!
There is no light
only a honey-thick stain
that drips from leaf to leaf
and limb to limb
spoiling the colors
of the whole world—
you far off there, under
the wine-red selvage of the west!

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