5.

Soul man
you laugh!
What minds you?
Yesterday we danced
on two earths.
Now I lodge
in your mind
and your heart multiplies.

I'm jasmine
from the perfumed tree.
You smell me
in the night,
fingering white pearls
counting the time

when we meet
you turn sober
loosen your clutch.
I pluck a petal
from the air that sends

it

turns
flesh and blood.

We kiss

once
before our eyes open.