Candace - And Also the Trees

I was watching my sister

Tying back her hair

She kicked off her shoes and left them there

Beneath the slender trees

In the dry heart-shaped yellow leaves

And Caddy says —

Don’t touch me don’t touch me.

But not to me as she’s lying

With her head on my knees

The sound of the roof then suddenly she’s

Not with me anymore

And the shapes slide brighter than before

And Caddy says

Don’t touch me don’t touch me.

As she stands with her back

Pressed up to the wall

She pushes him away and the honeysuckle falls

And rises over him

In the grey light movement of her skin

And Caddy says

Goddamn you Goddamn you.

I was watching my sister

Closing her eyes

As the firelight turns and the firelight dies

But Caddy smells of trees

As she lies sleeping next to me.

And Caddy says