night reeked of remembrance
remembrance reeked of southern opera
I came to your house
past a monkey bridge
I asked to kiss your breasts
a pair of breasts white and pure
two nipples small as beans
red as sky clouds
your refusal was determined
my kissing intention was resolved
thus our love never went all the way through
I guessed that was it
still you kept
following my life-steps:
enlisted
married
imprisoned
gone to America
forty years
seeing you
oh monkey me monkey my
you were still without a husband
although so many had begged
you still could not cross
the monkey bridge in front of your house
oh monkey me monkey my