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

on a crown,

a lion,

a unicorn:

— H.D., from Last Winter, 1950