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,
                    Sfrog 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
                     on a crown,
            a lion,
a unicorn:

— H.D., from Last Winter, 1950