Le Thi May

Wind and the Widow

Wind widow willowy
off the arms of the dawn and grass
full-chested breath
after much love making in the nigh

patches of cloud-clothes discarded in the air
lipstick-
sunrise
facial cream-
aroma moon of the fourteenth day

wind widow after each makeup
backward glances to another time of sadness and laughter

grass
and dawn rise trembling
separated from wind after much love making
the night after…

wind elegiac-wind
strains of hair from women who die in the bombing
strains of hair from widows who raise orphaned children
the war after ten years has gone by…