a stale romance and the solitude we share
have dragged you to the beach to find me there
every promise undone glittering in the sun
in the golden sway of violence
that morning you came and you stood in disbelief
in longing and shame - the presentiment of grief
to forgive and to define this treachery of mine
you took off your clothes in silence
what a very strange season this is
from the tender ax of springtime, defying the snows
to the streaming summer's hatchet she rose
now all covered with lime under an indifferent sky
we smother everything in kisses
oh, we smother everything in kisses