HE GAVE HIS LOVER A BOOK AS A PRESENT

                    (GAVE A LOVER WHO DID NOT LOVE HIM)

        AND THE LOVER LEAFED THROUGH THE PAGES OF THE BOOK

        AMONG LOVE POEMS AND FLOWER DRAWINGS

AND NODDED HERE AND THERE WITH HIS HEAD, AND OUT OF
THE PAGES OF THE BOOK

        SLOWLY, ONE BY ONE,

        LEAFLETS

                   OF A HEART
                                      DROPPED

                    SCATTERED AMONG THE PAGES

        AND THE LEAVES

                                  FLEW AROUND IN THE WIND

                      FALLING ON A FLOOR-TILE

                                  KNOCKING AT A WINDOW

AND ONE TURNED AWAY FLYING  

                   AND DROPPED ON A MOON

                BEHOLD, MY LOVE!

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