FOUR
I
the moon looked into my window
it touched me with its small hands I
and with curling infantile
fingers it understood my eyes cheeks mouth
its hands(slipping)felt of my necktie wandered
against my shirt and into my body the
sharp things fingered tinily my heart life
the little hands withdrew, jerkily, themselves
quietly they began playing with a button
the moon smiled she
let go my vest and crept
through the window
she did not fall
she went creeping along the air
she went creeping along the air over houses
she went creeping along the air over houses roofs
And out of the east toward
her a fragile light bent gatheringly
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