| Last night, the tide was high. |
| Seven women dressed in white swayed seven different ways (waves?) |
| While a boy at the piano played a pack of hearts. We were tired of being mild. |
| We wanted tornado, our lips painted red. |
| Was it the night that was barking? Only the Buddhists were sleeping, dreaming |
| Of the Orient itself. |
| Seven naked boys carry seven yellow candles into the darkened fields |
| While I stole a box of father’s hair and set it to the wind. |
| We arrived at the party dressed as water, eyes slick-red from thinking, |
| Waiting for a nervous twitch, a steady hum inside our bones. |
| We were tired of being mild. We wanted tidal wave, hurricane |
| Seven nets were cast into the water, pulling seven older women up (out?) |
| Bruised faces in the moonlight. Was your (her?) sister among them? |
| The one with the slender hands; the one that wanted nothing but music all day |
| long. |
| Bowls of water set out for the deadpan-faced gangsters in the funeral home. |
| The casket flipped over, the corpse on the floor. We were tired of being mild. |
| The ominous blur nestled in the motor at sea and obscured. |
| Seven cannons were shot cross town to honor seven modern lovers, |
| While a sailor sung a hymn to our shoes. |
| A burst of pigeons pierced the heavy summer air, a burst of gunfire. |
| Dressed in bullets, we were tired of being mild! We wanted disaster, |
| the taste of |
| Pumping into our throats. |
| Seven oily children spoke in seven different tongues. |
| And they slipped out of church, backdoor, with handkerchiefs in pockets |
| Just enough to gather one before the eyes |
| Where through the window she is there. Faces tame as milk, we were, |
| we were cooking, |
| Our blood thick inside our veins. |
| Seven falling stars pierced seven empty arms and the saddle caught on fire. |
| A harnessed giggle, an eerie caress longed to be exiled, |
| To be the thought of the pearl gleaming. |