Appalling Heart
by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874-1927)
City stir—wind on eardrum—dancewind: herbstained—flowerstained—silken—rustling—tripping—swishing—frolicking—courtesing—careening—brushing—flowing—lying down—bending—teasing—kissing: treearms—grass—limbs—lips.City stir on eardrum—.In night lonelypeers—:moon—riding!pale—with beauty aghast—too exalted to share!in space blue—rides she away from mine chest—illumined strangely—appalling sister!
Herbstained—flowerstained—shellscented—seafaring—foresthunting—junglewise—desert gazing—rides heart from chest—lashing with beauty—afleet—across chimney—tinfoil riverto meetanother’s dark heart!
Bless mine feet!
