Downy Hair
Charmed by a girl's soft ears,
I piled up leaves and burnt them.
How innocent her face
in rising smoke - I longed
to roam the spiral of those ears,
but she clung stiffly
to the tramcar strap, downy
hair fragrant with leafsmoke.
Downy Hair
Charmed by a girl's soft ears,
I piled up leaves and burnt them.
How innocent her face
in rising smoke - I longed
to roam the spiral of those ears,
but she clung stiffly
to the tramcar strap, downy
hair fragrant with leafsmoke.