Remembering Ray

Sitting

holding your eight hands

on the bank of a dry red canal

~

You toss your long hair

and look at me with witcheyes

in silence

you kiss me

and disappear

my heart bursting

like an April balloon.

~

'And I'll always remember

the first time we went out together'

Your eyes misty behind the glass

Earthlight shining in your hair

~

The day before the Carnival leaves town

- a shy dwarf

waiting by the boardwalk

for the beautiful dancer

who never comes

Adrian Henri - Four Lovepoems for Ray Bradbury.