I
Throne of Izmit,
In love,
Surreptitious one.
With spring she arrives,
To stay till fall
A quarter's love
As 'twas
This winter though
At his door step
She stands
And so
The December beside,
Structures of Byzantine
Looks oblique
To her curves,
Or so he feels
He lets them
And leads 'em
To his ochre yard,
There, under nascent
Turkish night's
Dull illumination
The orgy begins..
II
Him. Her. The December
Soon ochre turns white
White as milk. Virgin. White
Under blankets of
Gossamer flakes
Each takes turn
Revealing the
Other from the folds
Of embrace.
Serendipitously.
Kissing.
Teasing,
With rose buds
And lips.
Him Hers, Her, his
Every streak of
Disheveled hair
He clears off
Her face
A kiss he delivers.
Kiss for a kiss, so does she
And so the December
In between.
III
There’s no dawn.
Not in this yard at least
Wouldn’t matter, if there so be.
Whispers and moans linger.
Venus in act.
Shy orchids bow
Frail petunias bend.
Prince, he jousts amid pristine
Whites. Virgin red
December, she smothers
Mahogany creaks
Pearl drops of sweat
Plays pitter-patter
On her forehead from his
Summer heat. Descends
As she cleaves all over.
Blown smithereens
Inside each other
Still they lay, entwined
Night is not petulant
To souls in eurhythmy,
to be kindled by insatiable
December again..