Salad Daze Archives Unit 9 (2004)

for  Denise



a special chamber in my heart slumbers

for the lady w/ the long silk hair

i wonder if she is still there



the chamber i keep clean & warm & bright

for one w/ braids of midnight hue

i wonder if she is still true



our folly was a crown of pretty jewels rare

for the season or two we dared agree

i hope she can yet get free



in another warm place i also find comfort

for the reasons' & rhymes' cruel cost

i wish she were never lost