Dream Panther
Oh driven, greedy, the panther.
That he should walk in on us
from the desert that is Torremolinos,
with its low skies and filled beaches –
walk through the door of this house, in the evening,
as if needed. And we, waiting,
gasping from it. Fearful. Yet one, even so, checking
references in encyclopaedias: details
of habits. Habitat. While he lopes his length in:
so sure, so beautiful; and we are stilled,
almost to non-breathing. Suspended of being.
And he greets us – a kiss on the lips, one by one:
a recognition, asking to be fondled at the neck,
on the back. By each; even the newborn. Even the cretin,
sobbing, who is finally won over.
But for me he returns, inclines; wrapping me round
entranced with need. While I know suddenly of longing
for the lost plains of our freedom.
That he should walk in on us
from the desert that is Torremolinos,
with its low skies and filled beaches –
walk through the door of this house, in the evening,
as if needed. And we, waiting,
gasping from it. Fearful. Yet one, even so, checking
references in encyclopaedias: details
of habits. Habitat. While he lopes his length in:
so sure, so beautiful; and we are stilled,
almost to non-breathing. Suspended of being.
And he greets us – a kiss on the lips, one by one:
a recognition, asking to be fondled at the neck,
on the back. By each; even the newborn. Even the cretin,
sobbing, who is finally won over.
But for me he returns, inclines; wrapping me round
entranced with need. While I know suddenly of longing
for the lost plains of our freedom.
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