Still Water
Prose Poems
Copyright @ 1989 by Arthur Garfunkel
ISBN 0-525-24795-5
Used by persmission of Author - All Rights Reserved
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Then I'll
Change my look to butterscotch,
to russet, roan, and apricot;
And tie a chequered ascot shot
with gold and auburn thread;
I'll wear a terra-cotta tan;
and carrottopped and gingery—
A toasted almond man—I'll be
in ocher in my head.
Not brown, but burnt sienna suede—
my winter coat, the warm-up kind—
Not down, but plainly made and lined
with ironrust instead;
And I'll not come too close to red,
but stay the orange side and think
that once I read Pink
Beauty in her blushing cheek
and now she's dead.
Les Arcs, FranceDecember 1983