to be struck by a taxicab
just after giving 50 lire
to a beggar (it is 2 weeks
since a letter has come)
burst open your gates for
that sinner in Dante who
had the good luck to fall
dead on the field with his
arms crossed (two weeks &
two days & no letter has
come) and tonight he will
dream that his heart stops
(no letter) for everything
is cold and silent in the
house of water where once
her hand made the bits of
his blood jump like fish.
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