Jade -- br Stone of the side, br The antagonized br br Side of green Adam, I br Smile, cross-legged, br Enigmatical, br br Shifting my clarities. br So valuable! br How the sun polishes this shoulder! br br And should br The moon, my br Indefatigable cousin br br Rise, with her cancerous pallors, br Dragging trees -- br Little bushy polyps, br br Little nets, br My visibilities hide. br I gleam like a mirror. br br At this facet the bridegroom arrives br Lord of the mirrors! br It is himself he guides br br In among these silk br Screens, these rustling appurtenances. br I breathe, and the mouth br br Veil stirs its curtain br My eye br Veil is br br A concatenation of rainbows. br I am his. br Even in his br br Absence, I br Revolve in my br Sheath of impossibles, br br Priceless and quiet br Among these parrakeets, macaws! br O chatterers br br Attendants of the eyelash! br I shall unloose br One feather, like the peacock. br br Attendants of the lip! br I shall unloose br One note br br Shattering br The chandelier br Of air that all day flies br br Its crystals br A million ignorants. br Attendants! br br Attendants! br And at his next step br I shall unloose br br I shall unloose -- br From the small jeweled br Doll he guards like a heart -- br br The lioness, br The shriek in the bath, br The cloak of holes.