Variation 1

VII

Frog faces,
frog lust,
frog bellies





















in the dust,


till unexpected flame gave you another name:

















( there’s the siren wail again,
May 15;











by the clock,
near 6,
that’s 4
by the sun ):

































frog faces,
frog lust,
frog bellies





















in the dust

of the Last Judgement Day :

















when winter-fog is gone,
the frogs sit in the sun,











and now you can see
strawberry-leaves










the frogs sit in the sun,





on a crown,





a lion,





a unicorn:

— H.D., from Last Winter, 1950

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