Hair
Hair Harry and Nicola
I can push charcoal into any hip Chiaroscuro shade any lip
I can drag particles of dark Around any stark form Form a voluptuousness From her belly and light
Canberra nights, secret evenings Behind closed doors Winking light from the drapes Naked forms taking shape
But her hair But her hair How to render her hair
Not a thumb Not a smudge Not a twist Not a wash
Not a scratch Not a line Like the arch of her brow Or the curve of her spine
Her hair, her hair Its lustrous sheen, flowing over her breast None can decipher Not even our best