Man And Woman

Man and woman, we laid where clouds copulated, My head near yours, where the river kissed the bar. Sat in seats as a couple, all breath-bated, Watched a star shoot across another star. Dream for dream; all our movements syncopated, Strength for weakness, nested in parallel. But gradually our words grew constipated- And you took me suddenly, inside a dark stairwell. Thereafter, we no longer searched for symbols; Auspicious signs, we would be just like the rest: We were lithe and quick, and we were very nimble- And it mattered not if our union were not blessed.