Friday, July 20, 2018

House’s Valentine

The boys in the choir
And the girls in the pyre
They’re coming to clean my house

As if history was a steam-roller
With the most delicate fingers
Uncovering my buried treasure
 
The earring of a Nubian princess
I entertained one night under the carpet
The blade my murderer forgot
 
Fleet-footing it out of a dream
Like the whole 5th century
I was just reading about
 
But it all comes clear now
And clean what once
Just seemed

No comments: