Away above a harborful br of caulkless houses br among the charley noble chimneypots br of a rooftop rigged with clotheslines br a woman pastes up sails br upon the wind br hanging out her morning sheets br with wooden pins br O lovely mammal br her nearly naked breasts br throw taut shadows br when she stretches up br to hang at last the last of her br so white washed sins br but it is wetly amorous br and winds itself about her br clinging to her skin br So caught with arms br upraised br she tosses back her head br in voiceless laughter br and in choiceless gesture then br shakes out gold hair br br while in the reachless seascape spaces br br between the blown white shrouds br br stand out the bright steamers br br to kingdom comebr br Lawrence Ferlinghettibr br