4. la fruita prohibida

Some knowledge casts a shadow bigger than the light. At what time?

“The River

is the Milky Way

the map

of the River of Heaven

shows where Tisserande

and her former husband

the herdsman

separated by the river

once a year some ravens

carry weaver woman

across the river on their backs

to spend the night with him

hence “the horn of plenty”

or egret feathers

and this alone of all the universe

endures but a single day

the fete of womanhood

family, conjugal bliss

this is the seventh month

Virgo, and there is a dipper

seen coming down through the night sky

to all of us.

Tisserande

I you and me

even the crows

all the children still to come

see this story in three stars

and watch our selfs”

Fred Wah, Breathin' My Name With a Sigh.

Hotel California