Autumn: the sky gray, raindrop
streaking the window pane
a gull crossing the sky
(Janet, in the shadow of the room,
says, Make love to me.
I stand up, draw the shade ...)
No. I don't stand up
and draw the shade;
Janet is not in the room.
The gray of the sky darkens
as evening approached
and the partita, insistent,
draws to a close ...