SILK FLOWERS (for Murat)

relics of the good

towers an elephant, hums

A being, once cre-

ated, never dies

a worm or exist a blush

Congenial Sage

celestial flame

vegetate and bloom Or wails,

the shivering weeds;

reanimates lips

The fair, the gay, the witty

atom torpid lies

enshrined in fragrant

lap decay, sublime instruc-

tion created change

baneful modest vale

noble in the gale produce

scorpions are Quick

From vile ashes Peep

quenched in youth of beasts of prey

undulating home

All that exist de-

cay, revive and change:

glittering insect