YOU THOUGHT
THE LEADEN WINTER
WOULD BRING YOU DOWN
FOREVER
BUT YOU RODE UPON
A STEAMER
TO THE VIOLENCE
OF THE SUN
AND THE COLORS
OF THE SEA
BLIND YOUR EYES
WITH TREMBLING
MERMAIDS
AND YOU TOUCH
THE DISTANT BEACHES
WITH TALES OF
BRAVE ULYSSES
HOW HIS NAKED EARS
WERE TORTURED
BY THE SIRENS
SWEETLY SINGING
FOR THE
SPARKLING WAVES
ARE CALLING YOU
TO KISS THEIR
WHITE LACE NECKS
AND YOU SEE A GIRL'S
BROWN BODY
DANCING THROUGH
THE TURQUOISE
AND HER FOOTPRINTS
MAKE YOU FOLLOW
WHERE THE SKY
LOVES THE SEA
AND WHEN
YOUR FINGERS FIND HER
SHE DROWNS YOU
IN HER BODY
CARVING DEEP
BLUE RIPPLES
IN THE TISSUES
OF YOUR MIND
TINY PURPLE FISHES
RUN LAUGHING
THROUGH YOUR FINGERS
AND YOU WANT
TO TAKE HER WITH YOU
TO THE HARD LAND
OF THE WINTER
HER NAME IS APHRODITE
AND SHE RIDES
A CRIMSON SHELL
AND YOU KNOW
YOU CANNOT LEAVE HER
FOR YOU TOUCHED
THE DISTANT SANDS
WITH TALES OF
BRAVE ULYSSES
HOW HIS NAKED EARS
WERE TORTURED
BY THE SIRENS
SWEETLY SINGING
AND THE TINY
PURPLE FISHES
RUN LAUGHING
THROUGH YOUR FINGERS
AND YOU WANT
TO TAKE HER WITH YOU
TO THE HARD LAND
OF THE WINTER