Oh the rocks and the thimble

The oasis and the bed

Oh the jacket and the roses.

All sweetly stood up the sea to me

Like blue cornflakes in a white bowl.

The girl said, “Watch this.”

I come from Spain, I said.

I was purchased at a fair.

She said, “None of us know.

“There was a house once

Of dazzling canopies

And halls like a keyboard

“These the waves tore in pieces.”

(His old wound—

And all day: Robin Hood! Robin Hood!)